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This is very sad news. My condolences to his family and friends.
I used to 'see' Les when we both observed from the Bargo airstrip. I used quotes because I don't think I ever saw him in the light. We were both busy setting up in the twilight and it was only later that my partner and I would wander over to say hello. She recalls him being very generous with views through his 20"(?) dobs. My memory is that after observing an object he would walk away from the crowd and speak a description into a voice recorder (presumably a micro-cassette recorder). He obviously latter wrote up his observations because he could quote descriptions he made decades ago. A stark contrast to my haphazard approach.
We have lost a fine person and a fine astronomer.
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