I AM still alive! - that s the message Richard Skilbeck wants to share with the people of York. Richard, also known as Dick to friends, contacted The Press to ask us to let former school friends and sports mates know he was very much still alive - and living in the North East. The unusual request came after a death notice appeared for his namesake in The Press - and people started giving their condolences to his brother Stephen, who still lives in York. Richard, now aged 79, said: Stephen was out and about and two or three times he bumped into people who said: I was sorry to hear about Richard .