Thanks for letting us know - and I'd wholeheartedly agree that he was a "decent and friendly fellow".
I've not had so much to do with him in the last few years since he stopped working, but when he was still on the road he was, like me, a bit of a night-owl on the forums, we were often the only two around then, and a fair number of PMs went back and forth setting the world to rights and so on - I always enjoyed "chatting" to him.
RIP Chris Lane - A truly good person to chat with and a very long time member of this forum (since 2003), regulars will no doubt miss his input. The last time he visited before passing away was on 1st December 2011. Makes me feel quite sad to read this news .