'Misinformation can kill people': Friends and family grieve loss of loved ones who refused COVID vaccines
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Phil Flett's friends describe him as "a mountain of a man" who loved entertaining people and cooking for them in the outdoor kitchen he built in his backyard.
"He was a hell of a guy —larger than life," said Rob Dubuc whose friendship with Flett spanned more than two decades.
"[He was] a jack of all trades, a hard worker and Phil just loved doing the social thing. I was always over [at his house] for the barbecues and he made his own pizza oven."
Flett, 62, died last Saturday after catching COVID-19.
Now, his friends are speaking out to express their grief over the loss of the charismatic man, who wouldn't get vaccinated despite their pleas for him to listen to the advice of public health officials.
Flett's friends described how he often spent his summers in Kelowna, B.C., and his winters in Mexico and had big plans to retire there.
"Phil had it all planned out. He had his mortgage figured out. He would sell the house, would be travelling, he had a motor coach under redevelopment that he would live in. He had a 40-foot sailboat that he kept in Mexico where he spent his winters," said Uli Rudloph, another close friend.
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