Philippe was much loved and admired. He was as elegant as he was skilled. He was far more than a talented photojournalist turned TV Cameraman. He was a complete journalist who read thoroughly Le Monde, spoke and read several languages, and once traded his trainers to me for a book I had about Lebanon. He could point with pride to his lifetime body of work around the world covering international stories, many of them wars and conflicts. Yet it was his camerawork in Ethiopia with the CBC's news team that will be forever remembered. Few of us who have been lifetime journalists can claim that our stories or pictures helped to change the world. Philippe Billard can do so. His video of the Ethiopian famine in 1984 is forever recorded in our memories. Decades later, I cannot view the music video (edited by Colin Dean from his Philippe's images) featured on Bob Geldof's 1985 "Live Aid" concert, without tearing up. That video raised millions of pounds and helped spark the worldwide relief effort for Ethiopia's famine victims. RIP Philippe.