As a general rule, I don't usually get too bent out of shape when people pass away regardless of whether they are family or celebrities that I'll never get a chance to interact with. A lot of it has to do mostly with my spiritual beliefs and simply the fact that I prefer to celebrate the lives of others in their passing. I am the person that will tell a friend I love them or reach out to somebody I haven't spoken to in a while. We'll catch up, laugh, share a few jokes and know deep down what our friendship means.
So that said, the passing of Neil Armstrong today didn't take me to a sad place. In fact, I was actually delighted to some degree because I know somewhere there are Armstrong family members looking at each other and saying, "WOW! What a legacy!" I would love to be a fly on the wall during any of Neil's memorials and his actual funeral, because I know his family have every reason to celebrate his life and contributions to the world.