I wish he could have performed at the closing ceremony in person, even the clip of him on the screens gave my goosebumps.
He really was, quite simply the best and I don't think any other singer or performer can ever come close particularly when it came to performing for a big event.
Plus, he could have done this: [http://r3---bru02t13.c.youtube.com/videoplayback?app=youtube_gdata&devkey=AX8iKz393pCCMUL6wqrPOZoO88HsQjpE1a8d1GxQnGDm&el=videos&upn=reBha8dVIiU&uaopt=no-save&source=youtube&itag=18&id=ebd33801c8b2b8b4&ip=0.0.0.0&ipbits=0&expire=1344836854&sparams=id,itag,source,uaopt,upn,ip,ipbits,expire&signature=77D871CF2527646635EEA8D15752D7136AF949DC.C56E028825E3153C1DD691143331DCDE7C406DAC&key=yta1&ms=tsu&mv=m&mt=1344808022&cms_redirect=yes&redirect_counter=2]