How strange, I met Larry about two decades ago at a research conference and we stayed in touch by email for a little while. I had no idea he was this prominent

How strange, I met Larry about two decades ago at a research conference and we stayed in touch by email for a little while. I had no idea he was this prominent or influential, and he never mentioned anything other than his current work. Super good guy, very kind to a grad student who was a nobody in the world.