Huge loss for his family and friends. And his fans. They don't make 'em like that anymore.
Interesting story.
I met Dick in the early to mid 70's on one of my visits to see Arthur Jones in FL.
I had a photo of him and Arthur in one of his jets at the time. And I had his address
and phone number in Malibu (still do). So I sent him a copy. And it was returned. I
could not figure out why. It was a perfectly good photograph, why would he not accept
it. Then I noticed something. I spelled his last name wrong . . . with an 'i' not an 'a'.
I corrected the spelling and sent it to him again. It never came back.