The obit which - for better or worse - is part of my contribution to his memory:

  Another part is this slide-show of photos from his life.  Rick and Jeremy spent hours and hours and HOURs scanning many of these:  

There's more to say about all of this. I'll say some of it. Just not today.
What I will say now is:
I love you, Michael. I hope you're having yourself an adventure in that new context we call life after death.