Met him briefly walking down at Riverplace a few years ago, was very gracious with his time and seemed like a geniunely great guy.
RIP, My wife got to see him every once in a while based on her work as he was involved in promoting / was interested in energy stuff - and she said he always was happy to talk whenever she mentioned Portland.
My heart is breaking right now --- one of the greatest of all time not just Blazer great and he was a character but in a good way