just logged in to report the same thing. He was up here last friday with his girlfriend to do an article. They were in Mi for a Scorpions concert. We had a good time talking. Glad I got to see him again. He has been fighting cancer for 4 or 5 years, and he was visibly weak from the chemo.
He was a generally upbeat guy, and he even mentioned that he could do nothing but think positively.

cw