[Magdalen] RIP Alan Thicke, 69.

[Sibyl Smirl]

On 12/13/16 10:12 PM, M J _Mike_ Logsdon wrote:
>>>> He didn't
> sound unwell.<<<
>
> It was a heart attack.  They can sneak up.

My dad was still working at 75: did not want to retire, though he was 
noticeably aging some.  He felt something below normal at breakfast one 
morning, but not bad, he and Mom got into the car and drove the 
quarter-mile or so to the Farmers' Union.  On the way there, my dogs 
recognized the car going by, and ran out to chase them, causing Dad a 
bit of tricky driving so they wouldn't be hit by another car or two that 
were in "bad" places for them.  They pulled into the FU parking lot, and 
Mom said, "Well, they made it." (they being my dogs, who'd gone back to 
our yard).  Dad said "Yeah, with our help." Mom got out of the car and 
went to unlock the building, looked back at Dad, who was slower, and saw 
him on the concrete by his open car door, his face dark blue. He was 
gone.  That fast, though he'd had his first heart attack when he was 57, 
and had had a "murmur" since he was born (had been a high school 
football star with that).


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