My grandma died of cancer at the age of 55. I was 6 when she died. So tragic. She was a real sweet lady who loved church and her family.

A lady friend that was friends with me and my dad died of cancer october 2011 at the age of 55. A couple of weeks before she died, she was actually getting better to the point where she was going to go back to work, then poof she got sick again real fast and died.

My uncle died at the age of 53. He had muscular distrophy all his life. Early on when he was younger, he could walk around town. Then the last 10 years of his life, he was in a motorized wheelchair and to the point he could no longer walk and had to even be lifted out of his chair into bed, etc.

Someone I used to go to school with (a grade below me) died in a car accident 2 years ago at the age of 22.

My 1st and second grade teacher died of cancer 6 years ago at the age of 50. She really loved teaching. She would take our class to the corner market every now and then to get ice cream.

A friend of mine died in November 1999 at age 21 from a blood clot in her leg.

my brother his wife and stepson died young, my cousin was only 9 months older than me and passed away and my other cousin died at 18 from a car wreck.

my mom died when she was 32.

My 3rd grade teacher died in a car accident with her father. She was in her 20's. I was in 5th grade at the time. I remember the whole school was closed on the day of her funeral. Very sad. She was one of my favorite teachers.

A schoolmate of mine died of cancer a few years ago. I learned about it online. He was a very nice guy. He was in his 40's.

I never knew him but my Maternal Grandfather died from a heart attack in his mid 50's.

My 17 year old cousin and her girlfriend were hit by a train on their way home from shopping for prom dresses. No one knows how it happened.Practically the whole school showed up for the funeral. She was very well liked.:(

The son of my brother's friend was killed at 17 in a car vs. train accident. Just a few days later, I was involved in an accident on that same road...I wasn't injured, but the car (driven by another guy) went right up to the edge of a steep embankment after skidding on the ice. If we'd have gone over we could easily have died.

A co-worker just died at age 40, from ovarian cancer. She lived life to the fullest, loved to party, go out, etc. It still seems hard to believe she's gone.

My uncle died at age 45, from liver damage.

Since this is a bit of a depressing topic (no offense to the original poster), I'd also like to add that my great, great aunt lived to be 100, one of my grandma's was 88 when she passed, and I had a great aunt that lived to be 94 (though she was in a bad way for years before that).

My best friend died in 4th grade, and it still stings a little to see her picture on my desk.

And my uncle died just days before 9/11, and he was in his 40s, I think. :(

A girl I grew up with who lived by me who I hung out with quite a bit was hit by a SUV in 2004. She was only 15. I haven't talked to anyone in her family in years but it's still really weird and sad to know she's not alive.

September 1984: Steve W., a friend who was in his early 30s. Suicide.
June 1985: John, a cousin in Cleveland who died at 47 from a heart attack.
April 1987: Vic, a friend in Mayfield Heights. Cancer at 26.

April 1999: Steve S., a friend/classmate. Suicide at 37.
June 2001: Jeff, friend. Automobile accident. age 40.
July 2001: Wayne, friend/classmate. Accidental; 40.

December 2001: Evette, friend/classmate. She fell down the stairs in her house at a Christmas Eve holiday party. She was 40.
April 2006: Jill, friend. Breast cancer at 43.

1980, cousin at 18 in a car accident
1981, 2 classmates in separate car accidents (both 17)
1983, classmate at 18 (accidental shooting)
1983, classmate at 18 (car accident)
1984, classmate (20) was killed when a drunk smashed into his motorcycle in NY
1984, cousin (18) in a car accident with a logging truck
1988, friend and classmate of my brother at 22 (car accident)
2008, cousin (42) from a staph infection
2009, classmate at 45 (cause unknown)
2012, classmate and childhood friend at 48 (cause unknown)

My older sister Regina died in a motorcycle accident with her boyfriend in 1979. She was 16. I was only 3 years old and I honestly don't remember much about her. I wonder what she would be like now if she had not died so young.

1973, my uncle committed suicide (age 33)
1974, my cousin was murdered (age 28)
1976, a HS friend drowned (age 17)
1991, my sister overdosed (age 35)
1996, my husband's niece overdosed (age 27)
2002, my husband's cousin died from complications of diabetes (age 52)
2003, my cousin died from a cerebral hemorrhage (age 58)
2003, my other sister died of a heart attack (age 49)
2005, my brother-in-law died of a heart attack (age 58)
2006, my cousin died. her body rejected a kidney transplant (age 57)
2007, her sister, my other cousin, died from Lou Gehrig's disease (age 55)
2008, my friend and my husband's BF 40+ years died from pancreatic cancer (age 54)
2012, just heard my ex-BF's wife died. (age 52)

Wow, I'm sorry you have lost so many people at a young age Janice. :hug:

Somebody I went to high school with died at 20 back in 2004. He was born with many problems and his growth was stunted.

His younger brother then died at 20 in 2006 from the same condition.


Somebody I went to college with (I wasn't friends w/ him but I knew of him) died at 24 in 2006 after being hit by a car.


April 1, 2012 somebody I knew from the neighborhood died at 24 from diabetes and other health problems. He was over 200lbs. at 5'5".

My younger Brother died at the age of 12. He was murdered. My older Brother died at the age of 23 of complications from a motorcycle accident. Infact. Below is a story about my younger brother Scott Fowler. They think his spirit haunts the park where he was murdered

. http://www.hauntin.gs/John-Anson-Ford-Park_Bell-Gardens_California_United-States_1378

My mom's boyfriend was gunned down in 1989, I think he owed someone money. He was 34.

An ex-classmate and friend of mine was killed in 2005 trying to break into someone's home. He was about 29.

A former co-worker died last year in July at the age of 36. I was told he had a hole in his intestines.

I had a younger sister, Michelle, who was only 8 weeks old when she died of pneumonia. I was only 2 years old so I don't remember her.

My cousin, Harry, was only in his early 40s when he passed away. My aunt came home and found him on the floor. He had a heart attack, I think. He was only 6 month older than me.

My other cousin's(Harry's brother) wife died of stomach cancer, she was only 50.

My good friend, David, died when he was only 25. He had renal failure due to the AIDS virus. That was the first funeral I ever went to and I remember I couldn't stop crying at the service. When we all went to cementary for that part of the service, I knew I wouldn't make it through that so I just sat in the car.

My sister's middle school and high school boyfriend, Tommy, died when he was only in his 20s. I think it was an accidental overdose because he was on a few medications for anxiety and a few other things. This was a shame because Tommy was a sweet and decent kid.

I knew a kid in school who was killed when he was hit by a garbage truck before he was in his teens. I honestly don't remember how.

One of my neighbor's kids died trying to cross NY 112. He was in his late-teens.

An ex-classmate and friend of mine was killed in 2005 trying to break into someone's home. He was about 29.




Forgot to add, I saw this guy less than week before he was killed. We gave each other a brief half way hug. Little did I know that was our way of saying goodbye.

My younger Brother died at the age of 12. He was murdered. My older Brother died at the age of 23 of complications from a motorcycle accident. Infact. Below is a story about my younger brother Scott Fowler. They think his spirit haunts the park where he was murdered

. http://www.hauntin.gs/John-Anson-Ford-Park_Bell-Gardens_California_United-States_1378 That is heartbreaking. How terrible for your family, and of course your poor brother. I hope the monster who did those horrific deed has been put to death.

A cousin died at 14 from drowning when he fell through the ice on a pond.
A school friend died at 16 when he tried to swim across the Cumberland River.
My sister died in her 40s from cancer.
My husband's brother committed suicide when he was 44.
Two other friends from school died of cancer when they were in their 30s.

My Aunt Marsha died of a Heart Attack at 56

An ex-classmate and friend of mine was killed in 2005 trying to break into someone's home. He was about 29.

Did the home owner kill him?

As many of you know, I love to ride Roller Coasters. (I've only been on 478 of them).:lol: I rode the first one in 1966, a Kiddie Coaster in Virginia Beach, Va, a year later, i rode my first "Big" Coaster, the Blue Streak at Cedar Point in Ohio. :) I was introduced to these kinds of rides by a companion the son of one of my Father's friends, who was five years older than me ( 11 in 1966). In 1983 he died of a Cocaine Overdose. He had spent time in prison, twice but never learned his lesson. I will never see him again, for most likely he is a lost soul. :(

As many of you know, I love to ride Roller Coasters. (I've only been on 478 of them).:lol: I rode the first one in 1966, a Kiddie Coaster in Virginia Beach, Va, a year later, i rode my first "Big" Coaster, the Blue Streak at Cedar Point in Ohio. :) I was introduced to these kinds of rides by a companion the son of one of my Father's friends, who was five years older than me ( 11 in 1966). In 1983 he died of a Cocaine Overdose. He had spent time in prison, twice but never learned his lesson. I will never see him again, for most likely he is a lost soul. :(

I've "only" been on 478 of them. Listen to you!!! We just went to MGM Studios(oh sorry, "Hollywood" Studios) a few weeks ago and my sis rode the Aerosmith ride for the 1st time. I've been on it before. I'm sure you've been on that.

A friend of mine died when a dump truck backed into him.... (He was a garbage collector)

Another one died and I dont know what of and he was young also :(

My sweet nephew was killed by a garbage truck while riding his Christmas bike on that day. His older brother saw it happen. Love you Chris, if only you had lived on.

Ahhhhhh im so sorry :(

My dad died when he was 43.....I was 7 years old and he and I were the only ones home at the time.

I knew some people that I went to middle and high school with died young.

July 1976: an uncle died at the age of 43 from cancer.

November 28, 1980: my dad died from a heart attack at the age of 44.

July 2012: a cousin died at the age of 45 from a heart attack.

July of this year: a cousin died at the age of 48. COD: pancreatic cancer.

I knew some people that I went to middle and high school with died young.

Me too. I am 55 years old and about twenty or so people from my graduating class of about 500 kids (school was 9-12 with about 2000 students).

One girl I had classes with committed suicide in her 40's when her husband died. She left behind a grown daughter. She was the nicest girl and had a smile that "could light a room", and really was a friendly, nice person. There were a few other suicides. One guy I was aquainted with, who again was a nice guy to me and liked, killed himself.

Another guy I didnt know died in a car accident at the age of 20 in 1987. Then there was another guy (again, didnt know him because our graduating class was so large) was in the military and active in life succumbed to cancer. Speaking of cancer....

One person that really got me was a girl (woman) named Elizabeth who died of cancer in 2020 at the age of 53. I worked in a grocery store where she had a mentally handicapped older brother (who was somewhat bullied unfortunately for being "dumb"). I did not know her after high school but did know that even as a teenager she was a born again Christian, and before she died was still very active in her church and had at least one grandchild. We sort of reconnected on Facebook a little bit and sent me a Happy Birthday message the year she died.

Like I said, I didnt know her but would bet a million dollars that she never ever did illegal drugs, never smoked a cigarette or whatever in her life, and never drank alcohol outside maybe, maybe a glass of wine at Christmas. She was not overweight. I am the same age and I drink alcohol a lot, smoke, did illegal drugs (including hard drugs) and am still here.

Lastly, there was a girl in high school I met in ninth grade named Winona who I met in a class. We talked everyday and she was the sweetest, nicest girl ever. I decided that summer I was going to ask her out in the tenth grade and make her my girlfriend. She rejected me. This has never happened since but I was obsessive over her and didnt know why she rejected me (and a present I gave her, a necklace). She finally wrote me a note she slipped in a book to leave her the hell alone. After the 11th grade year, she flunked the 11th grade because she never went to school and her mother (her father died) sent her to a boarding school and never saw her again..

Found out in 2018, the year my mother died that she was in her apartment, fell asleep on her couch and never woke up. One of her two sons found her. Probably took a bit for him to realize she wasnt moving. This was the day before Mother's Day. She would have been 51 the next month.