Share 'It’s so hard to believe he’s gone. Generous to a fault and so much passion it was electrifying.' She signed off by sending so much love to his wife Sue, children Kate and Matt and 'all who loved him'. 'We were only talking about this trip to Hawaii last week and he was wishing we were back there,' she added. Fifi later said on her Melbourne radio show: 'I had known Michael personally for over 20 years. Above all, he was a family man and he loved his family intensely. He has left a gaping hole in the industry.'