Sad to hear. He's going to go down in history as one of the true pioneers/legends of the hobby for sure.
Here's one he restyled again in the mid - 50's - he had did it in the late 40's first for Leroy Semos . I believe this later version was running an Olds motor with a hydro because of the larger front area mods and the picture is from the Sacramento Autorama about 1955/56. The color on the car was Dick's signature color........the placard to the right