>>Mike, next time you talk to Tamar, please convey my deepest sympathies.
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>>I lost my mother in 1998, and even though it's been 11 years, I still miss her every day and wish she could have lived to see her granddaughter.
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>I'm sure Tamar will be back among us before long. I have not tried to call her today because I know she is up to her ears with relatives and funeral arrangements, and maybe the funeral itself.
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>I am fortunate that my parents are both still alive. They are in their late 70s, though, and have the usual health issues of people that age. My dad likes to say that getting old isn't for sissies.

My father died one day before his 61st birthday from kidney cancer. There were no prior warnings, it happened in one day, though he has been sick for a while and stayed at home / didn't go outside. He was very kind person and loved us (me and my sister) dearly. I do remember how I liked watching him playing chess in the parks. All people loved him.