For those of us old enough to remember, Rav Yaakov Kamenetsky and Rav Moshe Feinstein also passed away within a very short time, and they were both quite elderly.
As mentioned above, when Tzadikim are taken from us it can be seen both as a kapparah and as a wake-up call. Given what some of the news in the Chareidi community has been for the last couple of years, we definitely both advocates in the Beis din shel Maalah and a very, very loud wake-up call. Evidently we aren’t paying enough attention to the shofar call on Rosh HaShanah.