Very sad news indeed, and I pass on my sympathy to Alec's family.
I worked with Alec in 1973 when he was in charge of the American company that took over Dalesman, the little trials bike factory in Otley West Yorkshire.
He was incredibly enthusiastic,and a gifted man manager. He then took his skills from there to Kawasaki, and completely changed their profile with unparalleled success. We would often have a good laugh about where he had got to, compared to that little Yorkshire outfit from the early seventies.

I'm sure that many of today's team managers could have learnt a great deal from Alec, almost certainly his son Colin is a chip off the old block.