Reading this thread, I really wish I'd known him.

There's a song I wrote which I always seem to sing when someone I care about dies, and here's the first verse:

Now you've left us behind and you've gone on your way,
over the edge of the world.
You left without warning with so much to say.
Are you just round the corner, or far far away?
Well, goodbye, and I hope I might see you some day,
over the edge of the world.