At least he died doing what he loved best...
People always say that sort of thing and then I think, “Yes, but most likely they died in absolute terror.” Whatever enjoyment they had chasing storms was pushed out of their rapidly-running-out-lives by sheer terror.
Suddenly, dying in bed of old age doesn’t seem so bad.
Screaming and impacting the walls of a tumbling vehicle?
No aspersions cast, but that phrase just seems to get overused to the point where it comes off as really callous and self-serving...