Deborah Bone
{{short description|British mental health nurse}}
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{{Infobox person
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| name = Deborah Bone
| honorific_suffix = MBE
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| caption = Bone (right) and Jarvis Cocker
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1963|1|10}}
| birth_place = Salford, Lancashire, England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2014|12|30|1963|1|10}}
| death_place = Hinxworth, Hertfordshire, England
| nationality = British
| occupation = Mental health nurse
| spouse = Colin Bone
| children = 2
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Deborah Louise Bone {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MBE}} (10 January 1963{{cite web|last1=Bone|first1=Deborah|title=Today's going to be a good day!|url=http://mymyelomajourney.wordpress.com/2014/01/10/todays-going-to-be-a-good-day/|website=Welcome to the Parallel Universe|date=10 January 2014 |accessdate=3 January 2015}} – 30 December 2014) was a British mental health nurse who created the Brainbox, co-created Step2 and who became the subject of the Pulp song "Disco 2000", written by her close friend Jarvis Cocker.
Early years
Bone was born in Salford, England, later moved to Sheffield where her mother was friends with the mother of Jarvis Cocker, later a founder member of Pulp. When Bone was 10, her family moved to Letchworth, but she and Cocker remained friends.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/mental-health-nurse-deborah-bone-mbe-who-inspired-pulps-disco-2000-dies-aged-51-9953976.html|title=Mental health nurse Deborah Bone, MBE, who inspired Pulp's 'Disco 2000' dies aged 51|last=Loulla-Mae|first=Eleftheriou-Smith|date=2 January 2015|work=The Independent|accessdate=2 January 2015}}
At the age of 16, she began volunteering at Fairfield Hospital in Stotfold.
She was the subject of Cocker's song "Disco 2000", released in 1995, in which he sang:
{{Quote|Our mothers said we could be sister and brother. Your name is Deborah. Deborah. It never suited ya.}}
Career
Bone qualified as a mental health nurse, eventually working for Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust as a service manager for early intervention and adolescent mental health service. While there, she set up their 'Step2 health' service as well as the Brainbox, which was created as a way to assist young people dealing with stress.
It was announced in the 2015 New Year's honours list that she had been made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for "her services to children’s mental health".
Death
Bone was affected by the bone marrow cancer multiple myeloma. She died at home on 30 December 2014, 11 days before her 52nd birthday{{cite news|title=Pulp's Disco 2000 inspiration, Deborah Bone, dies aged 51|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-30658292|accessdate=3 January 2015|work=BBC News|date=2 January 2015}} and the day her MBE was announced, and was survived by her husband Colin and two daughters.
References
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External links
- [http://mymyelomajourney.wordpress.com/ Bone's blog]
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Category:Members of the Order of the British Empire
Category:People from Sheffield
Category:Mental health in England
Category:People from Letchworth
Category:Deaths from multiple myeloma in England
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