# My Uncle died of heart failure this afternoon, and my friend just died from COVID tonight

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 28, 2021, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-uncle-died-of-heart-failure-this-afternoon-and-my-friend-just-died-from-covid-tonight/931658 "2021-01-28T00:57:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-uncle-died-of-heart-failure-this-afternoon-and-my-friend-just-died-from-covid-tonight/931658/41 "2021-01-29T04:34:01Z")

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I appreciate your feelings. My regards and hope you heal. Time is both our friend and enemy.

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**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-uncle-died-of-heart-failure-this-afternoon-and-my-friend-just-died-from-covid-tonight/931658/42 "2021-01-29T04:55:22Z")

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Also sorry for your losses. I found losses and other stressors also complicated this year by the inability of extended family and friend circles to physically be there for each other. A hug. A touch. These comfort in ways a Zoom service and phone calls cannot. We cannot help with those things but know that we are thinking of you.

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**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:** [January 29, 2021, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-uncle-died-of-heart-failure-this-afternoon-and-my-friend-just-died-from-covid-tonight/931658/43 "2021-01-29T06:16:03Z")

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My deepest condolences. It sounds like you were mentally preparing for you uncle’s passing. About your friend, I understand how sudden death is so bewildering and gut wrenching. {{{hugs}}}

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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-uncle-died-of-heart-failure-this-afternoon-and-my-friend-just-died-from-covid-tonight/931658/44 "2021-01-29T12:50:52Z")

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This is a very hard part. Not sure what is going to happen, where or when. Not sure if I should go when I know. I will attend my Uncles, but really not sure about my friend’s. In both cases, I hope we put off the gathering until summer.

Winter & COVID is a bad combination for grieving together and celebrating the life they lived.

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