"He was the quintessential bull in a china shop with the most gentle, loyal disposition. He just had a way with people. You knew when he came into the room. It's a void, people like him don't exist anymore," said a childhood friend, Justin Wineburgh, CEO and president of the entertainment and advertising firm Alkemy X, who credits Mr. Spink with getting him into the entertainment industry. "He prided himself on having the largest repository of '80s music knowledge.