Well said, as expected, brother.
CC was my favorite poster from the first time we interacted, right up to the end. I'll miss him very much.
On the old site there was a steadily growing group of posters who took great pleasure in not taking anything seriously. When we saw a thread that was starting to get too serious, especially when bad vibes were happening, we'd hijack the thread with jocularity and nonsense.(Because that site was just a chaotic $*#@show, we weren't worried about getting benched.) We named ourselves the Post Jackers' Guild (PJG), and since jocularity and nonsense were CC's brand, we unanimously elected him "Grand Poobah" of the PJG, whether he wanted it or not...He gracefully accepted.
When the old site was inevitably shut down, most of us came here, and Reality was kind enough to make the transition easy for us, which is something CC greatly appreciated and respected. At first, there were a few people who didn't understand his sense of humor and came back at him harshly. He never let them bother him one bit, and after usually at least trying to express the innocuous nature of his post, he'd let it go; eventually they'd come around. That was the nature of my friend, CouchCoach, and I do truly consider him a friend - something I never would have expected to feel about someone I'd never met in person.
As the OP, Bobhaze alluded to, CC was always very open about himself, regarding his wife who'd passed many years ago, whom he clearly loved and missed so much, and regarding his (as he referred to it "The Monster") cancer. Oddly, it turned out to be the very same rare type that had taken his wife. He never showed any sign of self pity. In fact, he used his misfortune to help others cope with their own problems. That's who he was, to the best of my knowledge.
CC, you'll be greatly missed and loved by so many people who've never even seen your face...All hail the Grand Poobah!
