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Today is my best friends birthday. He would have been 50. Sadly he died on the 7th of this month. (lemmy.world)
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Here one with him with my son who will turn 21 in March. He was always a good uncle to my kids.

This was the last time we saw him in person. He had been living in a nursing home for last three years. With him is my middle son.

Though we couldn't visit often (we live so far away) I spoke on the phone with him almost everyday.

I will miss him, he was best friend a guy could ask for. Won't ever have other like him.

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[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 39 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Thank you me too. Met him when I was 19. We both worked at the same plant and we hit off. 26 years of memories wish I could've gotten more. Funny we all joke he wouldn't make it to 40, neither of us thought we would. But he almost made it to 50. Before last year when he got really bad, he joked that he was going kick death ass why he kept living. But 2024 he was done fighting and last two months all he talk about is how he wanted to die. I hate covid and I will blame the Republicans and Trump for this.

They didn't take it seriously so he didn't take any precautions and when he got it, well you see the results. He was prime target for it killing him. He was over weight, diabetic. Yet he kick it ass for almost 5 years. I believe if not for covid he still be with us. We be planning an adventure.