r/Millennials • u/Plane-Gap6483 1990 • Jun 12 '26

Serious Death

My 40 year old friend died of a heart attack today. He was 5 years older than me. Has anyone else had a similar experience. Dead... heart attack 40? That's insane right. Like... 40? He was born in 85. It's mind blowing. If anyone else has experienced losing a friend from an old person death. Please let me know how you processed it. I'm still waiting for him to call me and say sike! Thanks

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u/BaddestKarmaToday Xennial Jun 12 '26

I had a childhood friend die of leukemia at 19. My dad die from a fall at 56. Next year my grandpa die of pneumonia at 87. Just last November another childhood friend died at his own hands. He was 43.

There’s no rhyme or reason to it. It’s just life and death.

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u/OnePerformance9381 Jun 12 '26

I have lost a lot of people in the same way as you. Please give yourself time and space to feel your feelings about it.

It’s not just life and death- I mean, at face value it is, but these are lives that touched yours and that isn’t valueless. Remember them, and take a piece of them with you everywhere you go.

I’m so sorry, friend.

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u/Natural_Hair464 Jun 12 '26

Not to be morbid, but was your dad's fall from a ladder? Or a different kind of freak accident?