I think this thread has nothing to do with the original idea behind it. Most people here are posting about people who already found greatness, and are just wondering what else they might have done.
Heck even the OP doesn't quite follow his "gone before greatness" idea by mentioning Freddie Mercury inspired this thread. gone too soon is way different than gone before greatness.
I think Roughneck had the right idea by mentioning Henry Moseley.
I'd say someone like Franz Kafka who was very influential for future generations but died almost unknown and before much of his work had been published.
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