For an example, I consider HH Dalai Lama to be a personal hero ??? yet, were he to die, he would not be alive to ???BE??? a hero in my eyes??? (It makes me wonder if it is my skewed attitude or the general populations???..) Perhaps this might be true of people such as politicians and artists, writers, etc ??? that one appreciates them more when they are ???in your face??? due to a death/news item