If he's so smart, how come he's dead?

On sunday Samuel Bowers died (1924 - 2006)
Bowers was the grand wizard of the white knights of the ku klux klan, an extremely violent offshoot of the KKK. Bowers was involved in many murders directed at Black and Jewish targets. in 1998 he was charged with the mureder of Vernon Dahmer over 30 years prior. Anyway, now he's dead.
Not so tough now sam.