He was a significant public figure. His appearance here is not an unanimous endorsement, nor an anti-endorsement, just an acknowledgement that he was a signific

He was a significant public figure. His appearance here is not an unanimous endorsement, nor an anti-endorsement, just an acknowledgement that he was a significant figure. See this search for the many other figures whose deaths have made the front page here: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=%22has%20died%22&sort=byPopularity&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...