This is sad.
It was only last year that I bought an album of his hits & then a CD,still needing one song but as they are they were worth it.
At least he lived long enough to be inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in '02 and live to enjoy it. Although he was in relative obscurity before that.
He was a very good artist and sort of like Gordon,no one sounded like he did.
May he rest in peace.