The wholesale greeting card sector is reeling from the terribly sad news that David Tallentire, who has been a leading figure in the Simon Elvin sales team for the last 30 years, has died suddenly of a suspected heart attack.
“We are all in a state of total shock as David was such a larger than life character with an irrepressible sense of humour and zest for life, we thought he would go on forever,” said Simon Elvin, founder of the publishing group sharing his grief.
Never known to be without his cheerful Geordie chuckle, David’s uplifting personality, love of people, strong sense of loyalty earned him the affection and respect from all those who had the good fortune to come to know him.
Having covered the north of England as the sales executive for Simon Elvin group for the last three decades and was with former wholesale publisher Kingsley Cards prior to that, David was very much a leading figure in the wholesale card sector.
As Simon added, “David formed very close relationships with all his customers who all became his friends. His parting is such a sad loss to us and so many”.
