The one time I met him it was at his house in Hampstead. He came across as just a normal guy. Friendly enough. That was about 88'. Always had a good word for him after that, despite all his angst and difficulties.
I remember all the fuss when he crashed into snappy snaps. Oops.
Used to meet him quite often in the kebab shop in Archway in the 90s. His sis runs a shop in Highgate ans I met Andrew Ridgeley's dad when he worked for Canon as a rep. N Lond is a small world.
53 is no age RIP
Its amazing, everywhere you go today people are playing his songs