Came here to write basically this. Ben spoke really highly of Bill in his book, mostly about how good of a person and friend he was, not because of his business skills (which Bill obviously had as well). I remember the section where he describes meeting Bill, and how though he had any impressive history of success, the achievement which impressed Ben most was one Bill's companies that by most definitions "failed" yet every employee spoke of it as one of the greatest places to have worked in their lives.

I felt sad seeing the title, but my heart definitely sank reading the final sentence of the post....