I well remember Run Run Shaw.

In the far east, the name of Run Run Shaw and his Chinese films (that I never went to see) was truly famed.
Now, I truly regret his passing::

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/photo/2014-01/07/c_133024044.htm

I regret it because he was the only boy who had his finger stuck in the hole of the leaking dyke that just barely held back the surge of the overwhelming power of Hollywood films.
If he had failed, the cultural consequences for the East would have been about a totally different story.

He did try. And for that I shall always remember him.