Sad news indeed. I first got in contact with John during the era of the Motown Yahoo Group and through that had several chats and e-mail exchanges. He would let me know when there was going to be something special on his radio programme so that I could plan to get up early, normally at 4am here in the UK, to hear his programme streamed on the internet.

I always found him a very pleasant and warm person. He will be sadly missed by many.

My condolences to his family at this very sad time.