Yeah its really sad, One of my dads best friends met Gorilla in some restaurant in Buffalo NY (1989 or 1990 time) and he said Gorilla was an absolute first class gentleman.. very nice guy, and that he realized it was Gorilla but didn't want to disturb him because he was with his wife and kids, but just asked him to sign something and he said Gorilla started talking to him for a while about wrestling and also all the best food places to eat out in the area and he was even asked my dads friend lots of questions like what he did for work etc etc. He was a classy gentleman from a bygone era.
Turns out some of those kids he adopted, they didn't have any parents and he took them in and gave them a home. Different level of human being right there