Oh that is sad. My father is a doctor and once had a patient/colleague, I forget which, who had some sort of emotional breakdown in front of my father. She insisted that she would speak to Anthony Clare and no-one else about her problems so in the end, my father had to find out how to contact the great man and rather sheepishly explain the situation to him. Clare was apparently very gracious and agreed to see the woman.
The thing is, when I had periods of being in a low state when I was younger, I used to idly think exactly the same thing: that I could have talked things over with Anthony Clare but no-one else.
So sad that he did not have a long retirement to enjoy.