Well said Roger.
My Canadian family drove from Ontario to Southern California in March 1968. Bobby announced his run for the presidency on our way there. I was a very enthused 15 year old. We got tickets to the Carol Burnett show, and she answered questions from my mother and cousin on air at the start of the show. We were told that the tv episode would be shown on a certain date. We stopped at a mom and pop hotel on route 66 in Texas on our drive home, and asked the bewildered owners (lovely people ) if we could watch the Carol Burnett show on the television in their lobby. They said yes, and we all huddled around the tv. LBJ came on announcing that he would not run. Carol's show was not on because of that.
On that fateful day in June, 1968, l stayed up to watch the California results. I was elated that Bobby won, and amazed that Drysdale set a new shutout record. It was well past midnight here, when I went to bed. I was devastated by the news the next morning and spent most of the day glued to the tv.
Bobby was a politician, a man, like no other. His death was the loss of hope for the future, even for this 15 year old Canadian. I wrote my law school admissions essay on the impact Bobby had on me.
We may never see another like him in our time.
R.I.P.