Old folks dying of,,,,,,old age?

[MrsDeltaB]

Whilst I appreciate there is a general outpouring of someone or the actor of a character that you may have grown up with.

Liz Dawn. Died at 77. Yes. Sad. To her family. But why the outpouring of grief to a person of elder generation who may or may not have simply died of old age?

I can't help but get cross when folks are 'gutted' 'devastated' about the death of an old person dying of, being old! "97 year old died of old age'

And for most people, you're never old enough or ready enough to be an orphan

This comment is nonsense imo. My mother died when I was a child. I'd have still been upset if I'd been an adult when she died but it's much worse to lose parents when you're a child, because you still need them so much.

I agree with existentialmoment.

Whilst the loss of an elderly person is sad for those who know them, in the grand scheme of things it is not a tragedy. Whilst I'd be more upset at the loss of my own elderly relative than the death of a random child, I'd still see the death of the child as being far more tragic.

existentialmoment I realise you think it is all about you but if you have a read through other people have said things, we don't just have to reply to what you say. I hope you aren't too devastated or traumatised but that's life.

This comment is nonsense imo. My mother died when I was a child. I'd have still been upset if I'd been an adult when she died but it's much worse to lose parents when you're a child, because you still need them so much. My father died when I was a child, my mother died when I was nearly 50. I was more upset when my mother died as I had an adult relationship with her, she was a friend as well as my mother and I miss her still. We aren't all the same are we?

I have buried both my parents and found it very, very distressing. I still do. But it goes with the territory. As their adult child, I see it as the natural order of things.

I have also watched a parent bury their child and it's the most heartbreaking thing I have ever seen in my life.

Well I'd bug you no end then........my dad died aged 84 a few years ago of cancer (he'd been fit as a flea till his last year) and I still cry whenever I hear a certain song and miss my dad every single day at some point.

Same here. It's 18 years since my Dad died and I still can't listen to Take Me Home Country Road without crying and no doubt I'll be the same with the songs at my Mum's funeral.