The obituary text was read and approved by Dr Béla Lombay's wife, Dr Vilma Oláh MD. Graph Béla Lombay, the prominent leader of Hungarian pediatric radiology and honorary member of the European Society of Paediatric Radiology (ESPR), passed away at the age of 81 on the 12th of July 2023 after a long illness. Béla organized the 29th Conference of the ESPR and postgraduate Course in Budapest and in 2002 he organized the 11th International Musculoskeletal Course of ESPR in Budapest.