Wow, this is sad news.  I never knew him on the same level as many who have posted here have, and for that I am envious.  My enoounter with him was when he was at CHED.  I was in the early years of my career, short-listed for a job there and he did the interview.  

I knew nothing of the guy prior to that meeting outside of his name and that he sounded very good on the phone.  

When I got there for my interiview, he dug out the demo I had sent, we went over it in detail.  He asked some questions about me and came across as a very nice person in that time we were chatting together.  I was staying with some staff members of the station while there for the interview, and in spite of them assuring me that Gord was going to be a great guy to go meet with, I was nervous beyond all belief.   In that interview, somehow my nervous feeling vanished because of how easy this man was to talk with.  My nervousness was put at ease.  At the end of it all, I left Edmonton without the job but feeling really good about my radio future.  My sit-down with Gord that afternoon was one of the best things that happened to me in my formative years in broadcasting.  

RIP Gord Robson