# A Concise History of My Father's Life **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 15, 2015, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-concise-history-of-my-fathers-life/740510 "2015-12-15T06:57:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![botsgotme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@botsgotme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/botsgotme)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2015, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-concise-history-of-my-fathers-life/740510/21 "2015-12-18T13:38:44Z")
Sounds like he was a great guy. Whatever his failings, he lived life the way he wanted to…most of us never get to do that. RIP. ---
**Author:** ![Fotheringay-Phipps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d9b06d/32.png) [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2015, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-concise-history-of-my-fathers-life/740510/22 "2015-12-18T18:36:21Z")
My condolences. Sounds like a great guy and a good father. Also, that was an extremely well-written eulogy. ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2015, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-concise-history-of-my-fathers-life/740510/23 "2015-12-20T19:52:46Z")
Sorry for your loss, VarlosZ ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2015, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-concise-history-of-my-fathers-life/740510/24 "2015-12-20T21:54:26Z")
That was a lovely tribute, **VarlosZ**. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2015, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-concise-history-of-my-fathers-life/740510/25 "2015-12-20T21:58:29Z")
Oh, man, **VarlosZ** , so sorry that happened the way it did. Your description is making us miss your dad, too. What a nice tribute. ---
**Author:** ![Robert163](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4af34b/32.png) [@Robert163](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert163)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2015, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-concise-history-of-my-fathers-life/740510/26 "2015-12-21T00:17:24Z")
My dad is 74, I hope he can last another 10 or 15 years at least… your dad sounds really cool… ---
**Author:** ![chorpler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chorpler/32/2888_2.png) [@chorpler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chorpler)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2015, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-concise-history-of-my-fathers-life/740510/27 "2015-12-21T01:54:10Z")
Thanks for sharing that, **VarlosZ**. I am very sorry for your loss. From what you said, it sounds like you were the first one to discover that he had passed away? That must have been very hard on you, I hope you are doing okay. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2015, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-concise-history-of-my-fathers-life/740510/28 "2015-12-21T16:56:16Z")
> [@VarlosZ](#): > > On Friday I went to apartment to check on him since he hadn’t been responding to calls or emails, and found that he’d passed away a few days before. He’d recently been hospitalized for congestive heart failure and was due to have double-bypass surgery within a few weeks, but apparently that wasn’t soon enough. Holy fuck, dude. I can’t even imagine what it would be like to find a parent dead like that. So sorry for your loss. ☹ Sounds like he lived a full life, though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-concise-history-of-my-fathers-life/740510.md?page=1)