All the people who've been touched by Cyril's voice and his songs will miss him sadly. Those of us who were privileged to know him personally will miss him even more.

In the music business it's only common sense to be nice to people who might be able to do you a favour someday. But Cyril was habitually nice to people from whom he could not expect to gain any advantage whatsoever, because that was just the way he was.

He made the world a brighter place for many of us while he was here. We will not forget him.

Wassail!