Would you like to keep wearing the same dress, because it is nice, forever? You will have to change it. Life is all about change.
Let him travel to the other side of existence. He has done so much for this country, be grateful for it. His mission is over. Now his journey is on another side.
Of course, when you love somebody, you don’t want them to go, but nature has its own ways. It has its own time. But he has lived a full life, now we should bid him a good farewell.