Harry-Krish Mootoosamy C93 passed away on 15 October 2014 at the age of 39.
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As a youngster, Harry was a cheeky chappy both at home and at school. There was always an air of mischief when Harry was around. A staunch Liverpool football fan, Harry joined St Columba’s College (at that time, the Sacred Heart Junior School) as a 7 year old. Very confident, he had an answer for everything and always had something to say. James Godfrey (SCC alumnus) said, “he was definitely one of the leaders at school and had a tight knit group of friends. He sounds like a teacher’s nightmare! He wasn’t though – he was well-liked and respected by the teachers and pupils because of his kind nature and the fact he excelled in class, especially French! He really came into his own by becoming a Prefect in Sixth Form and also being the lead in musical productions each year. This is where he built a solid foundation of friends who became part of his core social group for the last 30 years.”
Later, Harry cut his teeth fronting a band by the name of “the Malcos” featuring a now elderly SCC alumnus David Sen on guitar, John Delaney on bass and Richard Davies on drums. According to John, “Harry threw himself into being a frontman wholeheartedly, using his broad taste in music to create the unexpected, and he had great presence of mind to convey the right emotion for ‘the moment’. The lasting memory from those days is the fun we all had, the mistakes, mickey-taking and incidents during and post-rehearsal. Harry also introduced many to the wonderful activity of snow-boarding. Whilst never mastering a Haakon flip on the half-pipe, he enjoyed it tremendously and even proposed to his then future wife, Asha, on the mountain – the charmer. I can’t thank him enough for everything.”
More recently and even though he was ill, Harry was performing in a band called “The Kid Gloves” with SCC alumni Nick Pope and Toby Newton.
Having graduated with a degree in Money, Banking and Finance at Birmingham University (where, naturally, he gained a plethora of friends), Harry went on to do a law conversion course before completing two years in the corporate world at State Street Bank. This wasn’t for him though and he promptly followed in his father’s footsteps by becoming an independent financial adviser before finally settling down as a care home owner with Asha.
Harry was creative, intelligent, witty, loyal, incredibly talented, gentle and respectful. He connected people from all walks of life and truly enjoyed life to the full. Above all else Harry was a great husband, father, son, friend, uncle, cousin, brother to many and confidante. Nobody had more “close” friends than Harry.
Harry was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in March 2014 and he eventually succumbed to this after battling the disease over the following seven months. He leaves behind not only Asha but three beautiful children, his mother, father and sister.
Rodney Herkanaidu C89