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Originally Posted by Chief X_Phackter
Bottom line is, whatever the circumstances were, or the decisions he made that night leading up to his death - they do not define the man. Is it part of his story? Yes. Does it define who he was as a person? Well I don't know him personally, but my guess is those who do, would say no.
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Depends how the total narrative reads, right? If your life shows a consistent pattern of making dumb, immature decisions, and the end-of-life event resulted from a dumb and immature decision, then it's fair to paint you as dumb and immature.
It's also fine to say you were fun to be around, and always had a smile, and had an infectious personality, all those things.
And sometimes the end of life event reads as an outlier. Those are the true tragedies.