Death is part of the deal, it's in your contract. You are born and when your time is up you must leave. It's the chapters between the first and last that signify your worth. Never met the deceased but can say he was a man that fully understood life's terms and to the end commanded respect unlike many who go overboard squealing and apologizing for their transgressions. I admire a man like this and regret never knowing him

Respectfully 
Rick