How he lives, and the cruel opinions he so loudly pushed, thats his character.
Now he's dead. How WE deal with the death of a notable person, that's our character.
Most of the time I'm disappointed he was such a hateful personality right up to his death. I want to believe that experience and a cataclysmic event can introduce people to a better way of thinking. He didn't get his chance for this second chapter, like so many people don't.
That's the tragedy here, and most of the time I believe that.