Obituaries, pain and pleasure thereof

This one matters to me:
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-jim-bellows7-2009mar07,0,1581121.story

I'll do a clip, in a while.

We all die, so I shouldn't be handwringing, but this is a man I really appreciated.
It's good to read about him, and sad to read about him in this circumstance.
I suppose I wish more was written and available about people before they die, instead of ready in the press files for Next.