Not normally, but occasionally there are exceptions and a friendship develops.
Then the result could be a wonderful book like “Tuesdays With Morrie” by Mitch Albom.
(Morrie Schwartz had been Mitch Albom’s Sociology professor and he was in the later stages of ALS when Mitch began flying cross country to visit him once a week to chronicle his ideas and philosophy of life during this difficult time in his life.
This was a very special relationship which resulted in an extraordinary book.
I highly recommend it. I think you’d enjoy reading it.