Who’s the best real-life example of “you either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain,” and what happened?

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And Saville was famously litigious. It's also why the press held off until he died.

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Wow sounds familiar, I wonder what other famously litigious pedophile the media is avoiding calling out at all costs