He had that wonderful booming voice, bigger than life. I can't tell you how often people would come up to Tom and say, 'When I was a kid I listened to you' ... and they'd walk away happy to be able to say they'd met him.
Everyone this spring would ask how Tom was doing.
It was a sad day because for the first time in his life Tom parted with his child. It was heart-wrenching for everyone.