i think ppl become more famous once they're dead. it's their legacies that they left behind and it's after they're dead that ppl recognize the goods they did. just look at all the famous ppl in all areas of subjects today...they're all dead.
ex: martin luther king jr., michael jackson, mother teresa, ghandi, etc.
you have to compare it with the life they lived... they all had more people worshiping them when theyre alive...
now that theyre dead... people will care less and less...