can we separate the art from the artist?

i've long been an advocate for seperating the art from the artist. but i don't know if i can this time around. neil gaiman's work has been such a major part of my life. watching coraline in theaters when i was 7, reading sandman when i was a freshman in high school as well as the graveyard book, listening to the sandman audio drama in 2020, and finally watching the netflix series. neil gaiman was one of my heroes and i used to think he was such a good man. i even once described him as the mr rogers of the literary world. but now, now that i know he's done such horrible things, i don't know what to believe. i still love sandman, coraline, and the graveyard book. but, knowing what i know now, how can i possibly pick them up again? death is my favorite fictional incarnation of death but now, i can't stand the sight of her.