True, he already had his status as a keyboard god (it's funny how "keyboard gods" only existed during a comparatively short span in the 70ies, not before or after, other decades didn't see the rise of an Emerson, a Wakeman, a Banks or a Lord), no illness should have taken that away. But Emerson never really found his feet again after the demise of ELP, reunions of ELP and Nice were fraught with personal issues and those of his handicapped hand, his solo career never took off, his post-ELP output is reagarded as uneven even in diehard prog circles. And unlike Palmer, there was no Asia mega-success in a new setting for him either. I only saw him live once, late 90ies, on an ELP reunion tour opening for DP (but with a full set) - his keyboard fortress of solitude was a sight to behold!