<p>Unfair, perhaps from one perspective, but although he was an intelligent and influential person, his death is no more unfair than anyone else’s death. Because we recognize him we maybe perceive his death to have a much stronger effect, but is not everyone’s death equally sad? I don’t think Northstarmom was discounting the nature of death as a sad occasion. In this moment, yes, of course, it is deeply sad news, but, from a grander scope, the lasting effect of his work and his deeds far outweighs the sadness of his death. Even in the future, it is far more likely that people will memorialize him than pity him.</p>