It is true, and a real shame. As I mentioned to Jim on the phone, we had like "just talked to him" around Mar's birthday mid-June about getting together at our favorite steak house for lunch before the 4th (of July).
It's truly shocking to make tentative plans and then find out only too late you won't be able to "catch up" or even "say goodbye."
It happens more often than not, too, and it's so easy to see why young people (even adults) are either aloof or just plain pessimistic (Urchin was pretty much the latter there).
Dana's own laugh could aggro a zone IRL... some of us grew used to it, and saw the kinder, softer side of him in person; he loved his pet rat and his dogs, his son, his family and friends online...
"Us."
Thanks for sharing