I did not know them so I cant comment on what type of men they were or how they lived their lives.
All I can say is that the Buddha taught his followers to every single day think that, that day is the day they could die. And to think of all the ways they could lose their life on that day. Illness, accident, snake bite, murder. The many ways that the end could come at any moment.
This kept them grounded to the reality of how impermanent life was,and so at the end, they wouldn't be so surprised.
I didn't know them. But I hope they knew this.
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