I was going to do a post about this, but I'm glad someone got there before me.
I discovered Crowded House at a very turbulent time in my life and used them alot as a way of getting through things (to say they are not exactly representative of my music taste is an understatement - me and bf were the only goths in a sea of brinylon poloshirts when we saw them at Wembley ) I was shocked to hear of Paul's suicide although I was aware that he had suffered from clinical depression for a very long time. I know it's unlikely that that they get it but I just want to extend my condolences and best wishes to his family, especially to his daughters as I cannot fathom the pain they must be going in through now.
Other MNers might not be aware that they did 'know' him - he appeared on the Wiggles as 'Chef Paul' a number of times