The lid on his beloved piano is propped open and a flickering candle lights his photos as the wife of rockney star Chas Hodges relives their very last conversation.
It’s been two and a half years since the Chas and Dave legend died unexpectedly aged 74, but those last moments by his hospital bed are still crystal clear to his devoted missus Joan.
She recalls: “The last night I kissed him, told him I loved him and said, ‘Right, I’ll see you in the morning.’ And I completely believed that. “He said, ‘I love you, too.’ If ever anyone knew they were loved, that man did. “Then he rested down.
I had my arm thrown on him and I kept that there. We were holding hands. “And, no, he died in the night.” Now Joan, who was married to Chas for
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