Now I lay me down to sleep, and now I close my eyes...
Sad to report the passing of Russell Churney who finally succumbed to a 14-month battle with pancreatic cancer on 27 February 2007.
You will know Russell for his brilliant work with Des de Moor on their presentation and CD release of Darkness and Disgrace,
I had the pleasure of meeting Russell a couple of times, and while apparently confident in performance, offstage he was an instantly likeable, incredibly charming and an often self-effacing man, particularly if you dared mention his name in the same breath as the likes of Mike Garson, whose work Russell did a very convincing job of imitating.
Apart from his musical abilities, Russell took on the task of speaking the Bowie quotations in the stage version of Darkness and Disgrace, and it has to be said, he had the sexiest voice this side of David Bowie.
You can read a lovely tribute to Russell from Des de Moor, a man who clearly knew him better than most, by going