# My brother died today. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 6, 2017, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brother-died-today/779136 "2017-02-06T00:59:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brother-died-today/779136/21 "2017-02-06T03:44:49Z")
Oh man, **StGermain**. I can’t even imagine. Peace to you and your entire family. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brother-died-today/779136/22 "2017-02-06T03:50:17Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > His family thought he fell asleep watching TV, but he’d died. Totally unexpected. He leaves behind a wife and 3 teenage sons. He was 61. I’m in total shock. Just numb. > > StG I am so sorry. What a terrible shock. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brother-died-today/779136/23 "2017-02-06T04:23:12Z")
I can’t imagine how hard such a death must be to his wife and sons. I’m so sorry. If you need to talk or vent we are here. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brother-died-today/779136/24 "2017-02-06T04:26:32Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > I just texted my brother to tell him I love him. Thanks for moving me to do that. I don’t do it often enough. > > Very sorry for your loss. May his memory be a blessing. Interestingly, I recently received a text form my brother. I’d given him a vacuum-sealer food savor for Christmas, but he finally got it a couple weeks ago. He was so excited! He called it the “Mack Daddy” of food savers. We were very different sorts of people, and to have given him exactly the right present was great. StG ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brother-died-today/779136/25 "2017-02-06T04:28:57Z")
My condolences, **StGermain**. ---
**Author:** ![purplehearingaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@purplehearingaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehearingaid)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brother-died-today/779136/26 "2017-02-06T04:43:04Z")
I am sorry for your lost . May your brother RIP . ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brother-died-today/779136/27 "2017-02-06T05:08:14Z")
I am sorry for your loss. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brother-died-today/779136/28 "2017-02-06T05:53:12Z")
Sincere condolences, **StGermain**. And to your brother’s family. ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brother-died-today/779136/29 "2017-02-06T06:30:21Z")
I’m so sorry for your loss. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brother-died-today/779136/30 "2017-02-06T07:40:47Z")
Sorry **StGermain** , 61 is way too young :(. My condolences to you and your family. ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brother-died-today/779136/31 "2017-02-06T11:49:03Z")
I’m so sorry for your loss, and for the circumstances. Must have been truly awful for his family ☹ ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brother-died-today/779136/32 "2017-02-06T13:33:31Z")
Jeez. What an awful shock. Condolences to you and your family, **StGermain**. Nice that he was excited by your “Mac Daddy” present. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brother-died-today/779136/33 "2017-02-06T14:19:48Z")
So very sorry. Wishing comfort to all of his family. My baby brother is 60 - this is sobering… ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brother-died-today/779136/34 "2017-02-06T14:36:16Z")
I wish I had words to better express my condolences to you and your family. ---
**Author:** ![mind\_the\_gap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea666f/32.png) [@mind\_the\_gap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mind_the_gap)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brother-died-today/779136/35 "2017-02-06T14:47:04Z")
Condolences and hugs. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brother-died-today/779136/36 "2017-02-06T15:01:51Z")
My condolences too. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brother-died-today/779136/37 "2017-02-06T15:26:44Z")
Add me to the list of condolences for your family members. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brother-died-today/779136/38 "2017-02-06T15:41:24Z")
I’m sorry for your loss. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brother-died-today/779136/39 "2017-02-06T16:17:54Z")
Thanks, everyone. I still feel sort of punched in the gut, or that feeling when you’ve been thrown from your horse and one second you were up in the saddle and the second you were flat on your back with the wind knocked out of you and no notion how you got there. StG ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brother-died-today/779136/40 "2017-02-06T17:47:00Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > Thanks, everyone. I still feel sort of punched in the gut, or that feeling when you’ve been thrown from your horse and one second you were up in the saddle and the second you were flat on your back with the wind knocked out of you and no notion how you got there. > > StG I know that feeling. I’ve been thinking about your situation. Since your brother was so young, will there be an exam to determine cause of death? I ask because if there is a health reason that may apply to other family members, such as yourself, or his children, it would be useful to know. I apologize for poking at a painful subject. I ask out of concern, and certainly there is no need to share the information here. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brother-died-today/779136.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brother-died-today/779136.md?page=3)