He was a joy to talk to -- and a very sly devil. He'd do this "Aw, shucks, I'm nothing beautiful" thing and invariably the audience would disagree. It was especially effective in small-ish groups of women and would provoke lots of pretty women to shower attention on him. He was a total character. I never saw anything but genuine giving and friendliness in the man. (OK, he could be quietly stubborn with clueless con runners but they earned his willful disobedience. *g*)