His death has been compared to that of James Dean, Elvis and Princess Di. Those in the know, know where they were.
Children burst into tears.
Grown men covered their eyes. He's compared in memory to Michael Jordan, Babe Ruth and Mohammed Ali. That was his winning style, his energy in action. He wasn't warm and loveable like Earnhardt, but he was the real thing, too. He was as monomaniacal toward painting as Earnhardt was toward racing.