Yes it was a great turnout and I saw several old friends, who I had not seen for years. Gabi, Manni's wife, was magnificent and the sun came out to say goodbye to him. His ashes will be scattered on a mountain in his beloved Greece.
A familiar person stopped me to shake my hand at the funeral. I had not known that Nico had given up his excellent Diogenes Restaurant four years previously and returned to Greece. He had flown back in for the funeral though, bless him. He looked well and his wonderful brown eyes radiated warmth as they always did. My God I will miss Manni, but he will live on in us.
I wonder if we knew each other back then in the Tinnef days, Agi? There were so many great characters around!