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Related: About this forumIt would have been his seventieth birthday today,
if my brother had lived. He died at the end of August.
He loved birthdays. He called everyone in our extended family on their birthday.
When I called my uncle to tell him my brother had passed, he commented on that. He was just about to turn 91. He told me that he always looked forward to my brother's call. He said, "I am going to miss that call."
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It would have been his seventieth birthday today, (Original Post)
murielm99
Oct 2021
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OLDMDDEM
(2,278 posts)1. Powerful, but sad.
irisblue
(34,656 posts)2. I am so sorry for your & your families loss
sheshe2
(89,635 posts)3. I am so sorry for your loss, Muriel.

SheltieLover
(62,656 posts)4. Celebrate his life today
You know he would want you to.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(27,183 posts)5. My brother would have been 71 yesterday.
He died December 29. Not Covid related.
It's hard to lose siblings. My sister died in 2017, also at age 70.
murielm99
(31,673 posts)6. I am sorry.
We lose a big part of our childhood when a sibling dies.
MontanaMama
(24,244 posts)7. I'm so sorry for your loss.
You brother sounds like a lovely thoughtful person.
orleans
(35,615 posts)8. sincere condolences on your loss. n/t