My first death

Unlike many people of my vintage, I'd never experienced dying up close. Last year the universe sent me on a crash course, reuniting me with my friend Bob whom I’d met at university in 1979.

Unlike many people of my vintage, I'd never experienced dying up close. Last year the universe sent me on a crash course, reuniting me with my friend Bob whom I’d met at university in 1979. This isn't just a story of death. It's one of friendship, the kind that doesn't need Facebook Likes to remind it. I hadn’t seen or spoken to Bob in 26 years but it s…