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It was a very powerful moment; I was choking back tears and so were many of the attendees, who were mostly young people who had worked in his administration.

When Frank died I bought several anthology albums of his greatest hits. How many artists have multiple greatest hits albums, to which you can sing along because you kmow all the lyrics that you didn't know you knew?

He was a bit of a bastard in private life, and as a teetotaling Christian the Rat Pack and nightclub scene left me cold, so I didn't buy anything of his when he was alive. But he was one of those people who (like Prince Philip), having been there all your life even if you didn't think you were paying much attention, and being in a class by himself at what he did, really left a big hole behind when he died.

That's life—that's what all the people say
You're ridin' high in April, shot down in May
But I know I'm gonna change that tune
When I'm back on top, back on top in June