Kirk died as he lived, preaching hate.

There was the last moment redemption in Anakin’s case though.

Also Kai Winn in Deep Space Nine. Her case is very interesting, some argue she needed to walk her dark path so she would be where the prophets needed her to be at the end (before her sacrifice).

Thanks! It’s totally not my work. ^_^

This was true for Kirk and now for Cheney.

The lying-right might try to whitewash their histories and make fake-saints of them...but they lived like villains and I think it's only fair to remember them for who they were and what they did.

They made the world a worse place, and did it on purpose.