Yes he died a long time ago, but in early 70's he was an inspiration to many artists starting out like Tundra, a band I played with for a few years and in fact recorded at Waut Steenhuis studios in Broadstairs with Tundra featuring Doug & Sue Hudson plus me and another ex Gillingham Grammar school bloke Pete Learmouth, who went on to write successful sitcoms for T.V.
Ron Milner was an immigration officer at Dover until he retired and I remember he had a Mina bird at his house that when you covered the cage with a cloth screamed "See you in the morning" ..Blimey that was 50 years ago.