Dammit, now I feel sad....

[NightTrain]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3133787 :(

[liberalhistorian]

1. I am sad now, too, Dean,

to lose a sibling has to be so difficult! My thoughts and prayers are with Mike now.

[NightTrain]

2. As if unexpectedly losing his sister weren't enough...

...check out this posting from his wife/producer, Cathy:

"His mother died in Toledo in May. So this is really devastating for Mike and what's left of his family right now. Plus, his sister's husband of 35 years lost HIS father about a year ago. He is beside himself."

The 1990s took a toll on my family. During that decade, I lost my Uncles Frank (59), Louie (58), Bob (62) and Harry (64), my mother (61), and my father (62). Not to mention that the last surviving member of my grandfather's generation, my Great-Aunt Agostina, died in 1994. She was about 90.