It's not that inexplicable. Successful people copy other successful people. There's an association in people's mind, both due to the temporal and the thematic c

It's not that inexplicable. Successful people copy other successful people. There's an association in people's mind, both due to the temporal and the thematic closeness of the events. He, his name, his problems/acts/behavior are in the zeitgeist, it's on people's minds, it's not surprising that he gets mentioned frequently.