The waiting is the hardest part.

My parents' next-door-neighbor died yesterday (the 80 year old who would've come to the protest with me if it wasn't so freakin' cold). The cause is still TBD, but he was totally fine when I saw him a month ago so I imagine it was sudden and unexpected.

Call your parents, friends, family. Tell them you love them.

It's not uncommon for me to hear of deaths in threes, and celebritites don't usually fall under this umbrella - it's usually someone, or someone related to someone, whom I have a personal connection with. Not to be all dramatic, but... so now, I wait.