Be grateful for what he has given us.
Be grateful for what time he has left to talk to us.
Be grateful that you lived in a time when his star was high in the sky.
Not a great thing to hear he has an 'incurable' form of cancer but no matter how much time he has left in this world, remember that he put a smile on many of our faces and gave us some of our fondest movie moments ever.
Hail to the King, indeed.