He died a spiritual pauper. There was nothing to show for his life and work. He had enough of everything to assure a retirement of plenty. Eat, drink and be merry. But he miscalculated on the duration and length of life.
Time is brief.
Ours is but a brief parentheses in the continuum of passing time. Nothing accentuates the fact more than records of genealogy. I have a record of ancestry that goes back to the 1600 s. The significant data is available for generations birth dates, names and deaths. It is a priceless treasure.