The last time I met and spoke to Duke was at the funeral of Rod Allen of the Fortunes. He was pleasanlty moving around spending time to stop and talk to everyone, and despite the sadness of the occassion managed a smile as Rod would have wished. I have just returned from a short break in London and received the news via The Fortunes website. My prayers and condolences to Duke's fakily,the Knights and all there fans. Sincerely John Kendrew (aka Johnny Vallon)