To think 60 is young to pass away

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Someone I know of recently passed away age 60. I was talking to a friend who also knows this person and said how sad it was that she passed away so young. My friend said 60 wasn’t young at all to pass away. In my view anyone under annoy 75/80 is young to pass away.

I am just 60 and have been a widow for 12 years. My very dear husband died at 56, four years younger than I am now. They have been the hardest 12 years of my life. We thought we had the best years in front of us and had so many plans. We were robbed.

Even in biblical times they were talking about threescore years and ten or even four score.

60 is young. I’m sending to all of you who lost someone too soon.

bluebellbike

My DH died at 61, three years ago. Like you, all our happy plans gone.

60 is very young. Sorry for your loss

Yes, it’s young. I lost my grandmother when she was 61 and we all felt like it was far too soon.

Far too young. My dad died at 62 and has missed out on so much with lots more to come. Engagements, weddings, grandchildren (he'd have been the best grandad ever), buying our forever family homes and driving us mad when he tries to do the DIY and make decisions because "he knows best", retirement and several holidays a year with my mum. If ever there was a time to live it's definitely the years past 62. Definitely far too young.

My father was 62 when he died - to me he seemed still young as he was active and had a vibrant personality.
However his personal attitude to death was that a tragedy was a child dying before it’s parents - anything else was part of a natural order .
His philosophy helped me comfort and support my mother as he died so suddenly .
Also though I grieved he was no longer part of this life his outlook gave me strength and resilience .

60 is very young.
I'm 63 and fairly fit and active so obviously I'm hoping to have a good few years yet but you never know.

Yes I consider it young to die

Of course it is. Not yet retirement age.

It does sound like a comment from a 14 yr old, not a person in their 40s.

Did she not register that means she would have lost her parents some 15 years ago ?

I know plenty of people in their 60s who still have at least one parents alive.

I don't get to retire until I'm 67. People dying before they reach retirement has always been seen as a sad an terribly early death.

Set a calendar reminder for a date in the future when your friend will be 59 years and 11 months old. Ask her then if she still feels the same way.

My Mum died at 60 and it was way too young!

YANBU and your friend sounds like a dick

My mum died at 61 and she missed out of so much that she had planned. Taking retirement, finally buying the holiday home she had dreamed of, watching my children grow up (they were 7 and 4 when she died). My dad followed her two years later at 67 and I still think that was so young.

Neither got to see my sister's children born, and they would have loved them so much. They missed seeing all four of their grandchildren playing together.

We thought we had so much more time with them. We still feel robbed.