Death comes to us all. Memento mori! He is but the first (if so) to brave the mists beyond. Remember that we all shall follow him, and that we should take this moment to remember that we're here but for a short time.

Let us make the best of that time, such as it's alloted to us.

(...)

I didn't know him. May an afterlife greet him with gentleness, or otherwise, may the peace of oblivion be conforting to him.