I don’t really know what to say. I am a fan who loved his music but I didn’t know the man, I doubt many really did, despite all the talking heads appearing non-stop on the news channels over the last 24 hours.

Where were these people when he really needed them?

Rewind a few years and it would have done him and his reputation the world of good to have his fellow musicians and celebrities saying a few good words about him, but when the mud was flying about they kept their heads down - no wonder worried more about some of it sticking to them for being associated with him.