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Dave Bewley-Taylor

September 24, 1968 - November 20, 2024

The administrator of this page is Ann Fordham

Dave was our dear friend and colleague. He left us much too soon. He was a colossal intellect. He was generous with his time and his guidance. He was a leading light in the global drug policy reform movement and inspired many others through his ideas, his advocacy and his academic enquiry. As a friend, Dave was fiercely loyal - always ready to fight your corner. He had an incredible sense of humour, sharp and witty, alway ready with a smile and a laugh. We will miss his candid joviality, his friendship, his guidance and the beautiful human being that he was. He left us on the 20th of November 2024 after a brave and stoic battle with cancer. He passed peacefully at home with his beloved family. Rest in power Dave

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Rachel Wright 2024-11-25 21:02:33 wrote:

It was on my first trip to the UN in Vienna that I met Dave. I had heard all about him from my partner Mike Trace, who had abandoned me for the evening to go to some grand function. I found the aforementioned soulless UN bar and got talking to someone who someone else called Dave. “So, you’re the Dave Bewley-Taylor” I said to him. He laughed and took me under his wing for the evening - we went to a bar in the park in Vienna with the big wheel and it felt so Third Man-ish that we pretended to be spies – he had a spot of mischief about him. As everyone else has testified Dave was one of the cleverest, funniest, and least pompous people I have met. And he wanted to change the world without being worthy or martyrish. We met him for lunch on the Welsh coast and he had us in stitches telling us about his treatment – and that was about his cancer. I cannot believe such a vital man is no longer here (and I agree with Mike about the George Clooney-ness). I’m so, so sorry Cath, Poppy and Fynn. This world is so unfair. We are all thinking about you. xx

Rachel Wright 2024-11-25 21:02:33 wrote: It was on my first trip to the UN in Vienna that I met Dave. I had heard all about him from my partner Mike Trace, who had abandoned me for the evening to go to some grand function. I found the aforementioned soulless UN bar and got talking to someone who someone else called Dave. “So, you’re the Dave Bewley-Taylor” I said to him. He laughed and took me under his wing for the evening - we went to a bar in the park in Vienna with the big wheel and it felt so Third Man-ish that we pretended to be spies – he had a spot of mischief about him. As everyone else has testified Dave was one of the cleverest, funniest, and least pompous people I have met. And he wanted to change the world without being worthy or martyrish. We met him for lunch on the Welsh coast and he had us in stitches telling us about his treatment – and that was about his cancer. I cannot believe such a vital man is no longer here (and I agree with Mike about the George Clooney-ness). I’m so, so sorry Cath, Poppy and Fynn. This world is so unfair. We are all thinking about you. xx

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