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Showing Original Post only (View all)My brother was found dead yesterday [View all]
I was out of town, and just about to jump in the car to begin a long drive home, when I got the call.
He was 74 and lived alone, and he'd apparently had been dead at least several days. His ex found him while on the phone with me, asking if I'd heard from him.
I'd talked to him about two weeks prior, but I should have known something was up when he didn't call on my birthday. The alarm just didn't ring...
Not much of the family left now, parents long gone, both brothers gone. Just some elderly 1st cousins and a few nieces and nephews.
I keep having the feeling that I should call him and tell him about this, 'cause that's what I do when someone in the family dies...
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I am so sorry for your loss. I understand the realization that you do not have much
Maraya1969
Aug 2022
#5
So sorry.....and it's so sad to lose a sibling. Two of my favs are gone, both died of melanoma cancer
a kennedy
Aug 2022
#9
Very sorry to hear. I can relate. Feels like a big hole in our lives. Hang in there.
Evolve Dammit
Aug 2022
#36
Your trip home alone must have been difficult, this time. Best wishes every moment as you recover.
Judi Lynn
Aug 2022
#72
I'm so terribly sorry for your loss. A sibling is a link to your own deepest past...
Hekate
Aug 2022
#83
So sorry to hear this. One of my biggest fears is that I'll be sick or dead, and no one...
Tarheel_Dem
Aug 2022
#105
I am truly sorry to read about this loss....my sincerest condolences .....
turbinetree
Aug 2022
#114
I'm sorry you lost your brother. That must have been a shock, to realize he was gone.
Wingus Dingus
Aug 2022
#120