I only met him once at a launch in Bilbao. I had chatted to him via email previously because we had bought a couple of stories from him. At the launch, he walked up to me, asked if my name was Donovan, which I confirmed, too which he smiled warmly saying "Hi, I'm Kevin."
I noticed he was very amicable to everyone, always smiling and always being very friendly. All the other journalists, even the stereotypical British hotshots, were always deeply respectful to him. I didn't know too much about him at the time, but even an idiot like me could work out that he was something great. Every journalist throughout the world has only good things to say about him.
Hearing the news this morning was a massive shock.