Another old friend died last month, had a heart-attack before he had a chance to get old. (Born 1955, that's not old, is it?)
I wrote another obituary, about what he'd contributed to
myraworld etc... He's not the first, he'll not be the last.
http://tinyurl.com/33ubt2 At least I do not have to write an obituary for my, for our cat, Gelfling. He survived the operation of his tumor, but it was a close call.