I started rewatching it for the 5th(?) time. Hit me like a truck too. Such a great character and from what I've seen, Andre was just a great guy in general. Fuck Cancer.
I feel like we scare our DM with this sometimes, when he takes a single player into another room to discuss something private and comes back to an in-character discussion over how easy it would be to poison a major NPC
Me in response: "Well in that case *rolls d20 ominously"
Players: immediately become interested in discussing the fake weather