This obituary on Chris, written by Stephen Dalziel, appeared in Ariel, on January 13:

Friends and colleagues will be deeply saddened to learn that Chris died on January 3 in St John's Hospice, St John's Wood.  He was a well known and popular figure at Bush House and Broadcasting House, having worked as a studio manager in both.  He was always generous of spirit and showed fantastic loyalty to his friends.
He was loyal too, to one of the great passions of his life:  Arsenal FC, even if as a fellow fan I was always delighted if Chris predicted that we'd lose; usually it meant we'd win.  His predictions were rather better at another of his favourite places, the racecourse.  He stuck firmly to the racing superstition that a woman visiting a racecourse for the first time will always pick a winner.  I followed this advice on a trip organised by Chris for Bush colleagues to his favourite course, Windsor.  He was right - and I won £56 for a £2 stake.
Four years ago Chris had part of his voice box removed after he'd contracted a rare form of throat cancer.  He was told he'd have to learn to speak all over again but the doctors had reckoned without his training as a choirboy.  I remember congratulating him a few months later when I'd heard him doing a voiceover in a radio package.
Sadly when the cancer reappeared last year he was unable to beat it.  But he was realistic about it.  He left the BBC because he "didn't want to die in a studio".  Chris had an active summer before the cancer began to take a grip in the Autumn.  He spent a couple of spells in the wonderful care of the hospice.  His friends and former BBC colleagues ensured that his room had the best-stocked bar in the area.
Even as he was going downhill, Chris managed to keep his sense of humour.  He's greatly missed by many.