I once saw JP2 in 30 meters or so, in 1991. He was in pope-mobile with armoured glass although. So it is a death of someone I saw with my own eyes.
After all, he was not a very bad Pope. At least he didn't support Nazis or ordered to burn witches like some others did.
On the other hand during his papacy the Catholisism became more banal, common may be, like Protestantism, with all those modern languages in churches and self-made songs. Although he didn't give permission to use condoms to his followers, it's a fact

Every sperm is sacred,
Every's sperm is good,
Every sperm is needed
in a neighbourhood.

Every sperm is sacred,
Every sperm's divine,
Every sperm is needed
Mine, and mine, and MINE!



And he continued to try and impose his autority over the other religions under the mask of "we're all the world, we're all the people".