Words are so inadequate to describe such a loss, for Rosemary, for his personal friends and for the rest of us. I have enjoyed his music for years but never met him. Yet I feel the loss in my heart and in my soul. I hope St. Peter is ready to sing something other than hymms for a while.

I have a vision of heaven where the clouds are covered with bands of angels striking their harps and singing halelujah while in a remote corner Cyril has just joined a hardcore group of singers happily sharing songs of an entirely different sort.