"Jahbulon" <Jab...@freemasons.con> wrote in message
news:pan.2016.04...@freemasons.con...
Do people in the public eye really get remembered (after they are dead)
because they set up a trust for good causes?
I agree that people like Andrew Carnegie are only know to the (current) man
in the street because he left lots of public buildings with his name on, but
then Carnegie was a mere "businessman" from an era where businessmen where
unknown outside of their set of peers.
But for people whose name is known because, whatever it is that they do is
"popular culture", don't they continue to be know because that culture
remains popular (FSVO).
I'll give you a real example:
Why do you/we continue to know of "Cezanne"?
Is it because of the work that he did when he was alive, is still highly
regarded (by some set of people)?
Or because, when he died, he left some money in trust for good causes (I
personally know the person who now overseas this trust).
Did you even know that he had set up such a trust? (Cos until I became
acquainted with this person, I didn't).
tim