Dear Friend dies...What do you think?

My dearest friend and secret mentor for years has passed from this world to the next. Not only is he gone, but all his writing has gone with him. Unfortunately this happens a lot. I'm thinking about putting together some sort of literary legacy database where relatives can put up their deceased relative stories for eternity. Any one have ideas?
My friend had written a comprehensive political treatise on Chinese history, and also gripping stories from a WWII memorial he was putting together. Both pieces of work are but a small slice of Walter Gourley's work which lay undone. What a waste to humanity.
He will be missed.