We even lost Superman, mhm
If Superman existed in our world, and he died, would he make it into the Dead People Montage at the Emmys? I'm thinking it'd be a huge stretch to get him into the Dead People Montages at the Oscars or Grammys (unless he cut some kind of charity single), and he'd obviously be in all the news outlet years-in-review, but I bet they'd find a way to stick him in the Emmy Dead People reel, because he'd have been in the news all the time.
And if Superman did exist in our world, and did die, and did make the Emmy Dead People Montage, would he go last no matter what? He'd definitely get the biggest applause, and if he'd died this year, he'd get to go last over Carlin. But what if he happened to die in the same year as a legit TV giant? Superman or Newhart, who would draw the final spot? I don't think I'd want the job of whoever has to decide that kind of thing.