A very sad day -your thoughts and prayers are needed

[princesskelz]

i dont post here but i do listnen to the Podcasts this is Horrible! Bob will be missed forever im not gonna listen to another DIS podcast and not think of him
R.I.P Bawb

 

[vellamint]

I feel as if I have been punched in the chest and cant breathe......

I am so so sorry for this loss and will keep all of Bawb's family and friends in my thoughts.

 

[Ware Bears]

I am very sorry to hear this sad news

 

[scjo68]

I am so sad and sorry to hear this, and his family and friends are in my thoughts and prayers.

Suzanne

 

[tn4mickey]

Our heartfelt prayers go to Diana, Brian, and Bob's DIS family. A friend once told me you don't get over losing someone like Bob, you just get used to missing them.

 

[Alicnwondrln]

my thoughts and prayers are with the family.

 

[OKW Lover]

Sigh.

I had so been looking forward to meeting Bob at the podcast meet this weekend. I work within sight of a place he worked at before moving to Orlando. I'm sure we would have had a good time talking about the changes that are occurring in the area since he left. And he might have enjoyed talking to somebody that didn't think he had an accent.

I had just finished listening to last week's email show yesterday. Its so hard to realize that we won't hear from him again.

I hope the rest of the podcast crew, and Bob's family, can find strength in the fact that he was so well loved by the listeners.

Words fail me...

 

[TheBeadPirate]

We are truly stunned. Bob, we'll miss you! Dianer and Brian you are being well thought of.

Podcast team- Please take care of each other through this time ( I'd come take care of you if I could).

We were truly lucky to get to meet Bob and Dianer at Christmas. It makes that memory even more special now.

 

[erogers]

This is not what I imagined my first post on the boards would be. I'm a lurker on the Boards and a Dis Unplugged addict since last Fall. It's been a tough year, and the podcast crew has brought laughter and joy into my life.

I, like so many others here, was aboslutely shocked to read the Boards this morning. Bob was so young, so real, and so tender-hearted. His enthusiasm for Disney and care for people always reminded me so much of my dad. I just listened to last week's email show last night at the gym, so it seemed as though Bob had just been here, making the loss somehow more shocking and harder to bear. It is heart-breaking to lose him, and I have shed many tears today for this man I never met and his family and friends.

My sympathy and prayers go out to Diana, Brian, the podcast crew, and everyone much closer to Bob than I was.

 

[cobbler]

Many thoughts and many prayers with Bob's family and friends

A very sad time indeed.

 

[Minnie Lor]

I just read the sad and shocking news. Like everyone else, I'm floored. My heart goes out to Diana. My prayers are with his family and his podcast family. Bawb will be missed immensely.

I'm remembering all of his Bawbism's and his generosity.

Lorie

 

[lady danger]

My condolences to his family and many friends. Surprise passings are always the hardest.

I'm almost too shocked by this news to feel sad yet. It feels impossible to believe that someone with so much life went away so quickly and so early. I never got to know Bob personally or through the boards, but I've been a listener to the podcast for as long as there's been a Roundtable, and it's hard to fathom him not being a part of my every week any longer.

I hope at least his passing was peaceful. He was a great person and its a great testament to his character how many people, both friends and strangers, are here to mourn his passing.

 

[SeanK]

I'm sorry to have to tell everyone, but Bob Varley passed away this afternoon.

We postponed todays show because Bob wasn't feeling well, he thought he had food poisoning. When his wife Diana came home from work, she found him in their bedroom and he had apparently been dead for a few hours.

That's all we know right now - all of us are heading over to their house to be whatever comfort we can to Diana and Brian. I'll update everyone as we find out more, but I ask that you all please keep Diana, Brian and the rest of Bob's family in your thoughts and prayers.

We've all lost a wonderful friend - a friend whose presence can never be replaced, and whose memory I will hold close to my heart for the rest of my life.

Pete

Podcast crew, I would like to request a show devoted to Bob, maybe some of his outtakes

Remembering Bob

I first met Bob in person last December when the DIS unplugged hosted a meet and greet, He was one of the first unplugged members I walked up to, so warm and friendly you could tell he was a very happy person and was excited about the turn out.

We started talking about “home” which Nova Scotia for me, and how I could understand everything he says on the podcasts, I started talking to him about his props and he told me he had them with him. He asked if I wanted to see the props that he has used in past shows, I said “you bet” and before I knew it he was heading over to the famous “kart” to get his props. He came back with a big bag filled with props. I got to see all the Simpson stuff he bought at 7-11 and his GIANT pen and note pad. You could really see that he was enjoying himself there with the other fans of the podcast.

After we talked about the props and he showed me the Christmas decorations he did to the “Kart” and we talked about Disney and how nice the swan and Dolphin hotel was. I think it was at that time he introduced me to his wife. Bob had a positive energy about him, he seemed to be always in a good mood and that came across in the podcasts and when we met him.

Hearing about Bobs passing upset myself and my wife, it was like a family member was ripped out of our arms well before his time. My heart and prayers go out to bobs wife and family, also to the DIS unplugged team and anyone else that had the enjoyment of meeting such a wonderful man. .

Bob I hope you are in a better place please say hi to Walt for us, I will never forgot how excited you got when I asked to see your props. You will be truly missed……

 

[hutchie]

I have been listining to the podcast every week for the last year. I feel like I'v lost one of my own family.

Missing Bob forever.
Ed

 

[mazdabug]

May i just say this is a very sad day indeed. My prayers are to you the podcast crew along with Bob`s family and everyone on the DIS Boards.
He will be missed.

 

[Disney4eva]

I will keep Bob and his family and friend in my thoughts and prayers throught my days

 

[crewriam816]

Omg...i saw this and was speechless.
You are forever in my thoughts bob. RIP.
My condolences to the family, the podcast members, and those who were close to him.
He will be greatly missed.

 

[Dsilva71]

My deepest condolences go out to Diana, family and friends of the DIS community.

 

[CarolAnnC]

I am so sorry to just read about this awful news. My DD's and I had the pleasure of meeting Bob a few years back at the MK and spent an evening touring with a small DIS group. He truly was a wonderful man.

My deepest sympathies and prayers go out to his family.

 

[DISNUT21]

Bob simply stated was a very entertaining, and selfless human being. Although, I have not had the opportunity or pleasure to meet Bob, I only wish I had. From what everyone says about him, Bob is a person who will be dearly missed. I am at a real loss of words with what specifically to say, but I would really like to relay my personal condolences and prayers to the Varley family. I still feel as though this is not happening just because hearing Bob every week on the podcast makes him seem like he is a real person that I have grown to know. I speak of him along with the rest of the podcast crew as close friends, as if I were on a first name basis with them. (Not to mention, friends and family look at me like I am crazy when I mention you guys, they ask me… Pete who?, Bob who?, who is recommending that restaurant? And, Where do you know these people from?). And, this is why it is so difficult to come to grips that Bob is gone, but at least we know that he is resting in heaven with Walt Disney, and many other imagineers… probably asking Walt questions about how he thinks Walt Disney World has come along, and what he thinks about their future plans? I only wish the best for the podcast crew and the Varley family in their time of need. Thanks for your company and many hours of laughter…