Get well soon Humph. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7360347.stm

Are there people in the Morningverse that actually know Humph or know people who know him? Could we get some kind of collective "get well soon" card in the form of a print-out of a game? It could be send via the Beeb.

Mystery Crescent - lame duck? This never looked like the server for it. Perhaps it should be culled for a good hard game of Stilletto (misspelt) Gerundive?

[Tuj] Patience my boy, patience :-)

(Kim) I used to know his trombonist and arranger, the late Pete Strange, not that that's exactly a connection, but I think your idea, or something similar, is a good one.

RIP Humph. All will miss you, I'm sure.

Irreplacable. A joybringer. To be missed by so many.

Very sad news. He was a wonderful man.

The Oyster Card of Fate has finally met the ticket barrier of Mornington Crescent.

The Humph tribute ISIHAC they had on the radio today is the only programme (radio or TV) that the cat has yet paid any attention to.

His obit in the Grauniad was written by none other than the late George Melly though it had been updated. It was less of a eulogy than some of the instant stuff we have read in the last few days but there's no doubt Melly thought well of him.