but I do remember well when he was on an episode of The Donna Reed Show, he was the only RAM (there were several) who had a speaking part....It seems like this is happening to our guys and it kinda becomes a personal loss, but in reality it has happened in every generation...even before ours....Sports people from other ages , it happened to their fans too.
I guess you have the ability to find film of them and the memories you had either in person or in getting into the history allows you to have memories.