We went to a memorial gathering for a friend you died Monday. He had cancer. Cancer seems to be really common now that H.I.V. is controlled by anti-virals. I guess cancer, at least to a certain extent, is controlled too. The docs can keep you going for a time, but inevitably in the end, the cancer wins. It isn't pleasant from what I can see. I wouldn't wish it on anyone, except maybe fore a few high ranking government officials. Well, no, not even them, though they deserve something more appropriate to reflect their service other than the library that will be named after them in Somewhere America. Anyway, our friend was a good person, full of life, loved by many, ready to help out with any trouble or problem, someone to be counted on, a big heart, a good head, a trusty soul. We will miss him. He was seen off by loved ones who looked over him while he left his body. It was, as deaths go, a good death. I wish him well.

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