I can't imagine an AWIMBer who is more anti this sort of sickly sentimentality than you, Burney. The man who can't wait to wade in post the death of a celebrity and who routinely berates people for losing their objectivity and indulging in faux remorse because it make them feel better about themselves.
And all I really said was that we should appreciate his great years but at the same time recognize his fallibility and understand that it was time for him to move on.
You're funny.