Bryn Parry dead - Help for Heroes founder dies 'peacefully & surrounded by family' after battle with
HELP for Heroes founder Bryn Parry has died "peacefully and surrounded by family" after a battle with pancreatic cancer.
Bryn, 67, founded the charity with wife Emma to support war veterans and their families.
A friend of Bryn's told The Sun: "Bryn Parry died this afternoon, at home and surrounded by his family, and peacefully."
He was suffering from stage 4 pancreatic cancer.
The Prince of Wales said he is “deeply sad” at the tragic loss of "inspirational" Bryn.
He added: "Deeply sad to hear that Bryn Parry has passed away. A life-affirming, inspirational man, his work with
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"Help for Heroes made a difference to so many and his legacy will be its continuing impact. My thoughts are with his family and friends."
Following ten years as a soldier in The Royal Green Jackets, Bryn became one of Britain’s best known cartoonists.
But he was inspired to launch Help for Heroes in 2007 — with help from The Sun — after making a visit to wounded soldiers in hospital.
While CEO, Bryn created Hero bear, the iconic H4H Stretcher Bearer and medal logos as well as those of Battle Back and the Phoenix of Defence Recovery.
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James Needham, CEO at Help for Heroes, said: "Everyone at Help for Heroes is deeply saddened by the death of our co-founder Bryn Parry CBE.
"Without Bryn, this Charity wouldn't be here. Without him, over 27,000 veterans and their families wouldn't have received lifechanging support.
"Bryn was instrumental in changing the focus of the nation and the way we regard both military service and wounded veterans.
"Those who knew and worked with Bryn saw at his core an incredibly kind, earnest, and passionate soul, whose energy was contagious.
"Supported, encouraged and advised by Emma, he was unstinting in his total, unwavering commitment to making the lot of the wounded servicemen and women as good as it could be.
"Bryn’s founding principles and his no-nonsense approach of doing everything humanly possible to help our heroes, remain at the heart of all we do.
"We offer our deepest sympathy and love to Emma, Sophie, Tom and Louisa."
Following ten years in the army, Bryn gave up his regular commission in The Royal Green Jackets to make a living from art.
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He and his wife Emma, began Bryn Parry Studios in a damp cellar in 1986.
But over the next 23 years they built BPS into a well-known brand producing high quality gifts based on Bryn’s designs as well as undertaking hundreds of commissions.
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