I guess there is treble in paradise now. Clank loudly in peace, Chris.
Heard it this morning, 67 is young and dying of a rare and incurable form of leukemia had nothing to do with the baroque lifestyle he (had once) entertained. Just tough luck. I saw Yes two or three years ago, we were close to the stage, you could hear the backline and in that his Ric dominated the mix like maybe Ted Nugent's Birdland used to dominate it in the 70ies. The man did not only tower with his sheer Henry VIII physical size, but also with his bass playing. It was more than authoritative, it was commanding! And though a pro for so many decades, he played with a certain wild abandon, bum notes and all, très cool.
I preferred his testosterone-charged bass playing even to JAE's - John would often play introvertly for himself, Chris was "wham, bam, I am the band, you better listen!"
Very much your "70ies excess rock star turned grizzled elder statesman", they don't make them like him anymore.