I think rather a lot of my Cambridge generation who knew of him got the most awful shock and had a hasty reconsideration of our lifestyles. Nothing like someone of your generation dying at the age of 49 to make you think about alcohol consumption and weight. Being buried in Highgate Cemetery along with people like Marx is no compensation for being actually dead. In my case his death was part of my decision to avoid high stress jobs and do things I actually wanted to do.
So - a personal and family tragedy, a loss to the world, but he may have saved the lives of a number of other people. There is that.
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