I am one of many here who never met Rick face to face, but are stunned by his death nevertheless. He wrote in a posting here about a year ago that he would just have to face the situation with as much dignity and humour as he could. I guess that's what he did. All the time I wanted to believe that this wasn't really going to happen.
I can hear his lovely singing and playing on his CD. Maybe that's what he would have wanted. My condolences to all his family and many friends. We won't see another like him.