My cousin died of a heart attack at age 52.

[undeterred]

He had never married and in the last few years his brother and father died. I think he died of loneliness.

[mdmc]

1. lonely people die early

I'm lonely. I'm sorry for your loss.

[Midlodemocrat]

5. Oh, mdmc, that makes me sad.

Don't be lonely. Come here. The lounge loves everyone.

:hug:

[mdmc]

7. thanks

I do get great satisfaction from DU. I am lonely by choice. Hopefully, circumstanes will change, and I will no longer need to feel lonely.

Thank you for your kind words!

peace and low stress.

[Midlodemocrat]

8. You can always PM me if you want to chat.

I am a good listener!

:hug:

[mdmc]

11. thanks

that is very kind

[Deja Q]

20. I'm amazed at how lonely people can live so LONG under those conditions.

Assuming he felt lonely and not contented with being lonely, of course.

:grouphug:

[undeterred]

21. He was a little socially awkward, though sociable

Not a mean bone in his body. Took good care of his elderly father for 15-20 years. He had a lot of losses in his life.

[auntAgonist]

2. undeterred

I'm terribly sorry for your loss! 52 is too young. :hug:

[In_The_Wind]

3. I'm sorry for your loss undeterred.

I think there is something to what you've said. Loneliness robs us of the will to go on.

[CBHagman]

4. I am so sorry.

May you and your family find comfort. God rest this man's soul.

[miss_american_pie]

6. I'm sorry for your loss

I hope your family is comforted.

[Shine]

9. I'm sorry to hear this news, undeterred.

I send you and your family my deepest sympathy. May Peace and Comfort be yours....

:hug:
Shine

[bigwillq]

10. Very sorry for your loss.

My thoughts are with you and your family at this difficult time. :hug:

[MissMillie]

12. I am so sorry for you and your family

That is terribly young to lose someone (not that the loss is any easier when they are older, mind you).

Please take care of yourself, body and soul, during this stressful time.

[livetohike]

13. I'm so sorry for your loss undeterred

:hug:

[applegrove]

14. I'm sorry.

[UrbScotty]

15. My sympathies to you and those who did know him

:hug:

[undeterred]

16. Thanks DUers

Its just very sad.

He lost his mother to cancer at age 14 - in those days they didn't tell the kids when their parents were dying. My cousin suffered from lifelong depression and the last few years just broke him.

[REDKING]

17. My deepest sympathies..

Keep your chin up brother.

[pitohui]

18. i'm so sorry but don't assume he died unhappy and lonely

i don't believe he died of loneliness because a couple of men close to me died in their early 50s and they had their families around them, both of them were doing essential life-saving work in fact and knew they were vitally needed by their families

heart disease takes a terrible toll on men of that age and it really isn't acknowledged how v. v. common it is

[Rising Phoenix]

19. I'm sorry about your cousin...

52 is too young by any means...:hug:

[lavenderdiva]

22. My parents were 63 and died within 4 months of one another...

both from sudden heartattacks. My father died first, and he had been depressed for a long time before his death. My mother followed him 4 months later, after grieving herself to death. When I spoke with her cardiologist (she had an enlarged heart), he said he sees cases like this all the time. When he said this, he was referring to people who had been married for long periods of time, but I really think it could extend to those who had been living with or intensely caring for other people for long periods of time.

edit to add: I meant to say that the person who follows the first person, is usually so grieved by the first person's passing, that they have no will to live, and just give up, and then have a heart attack from the stress of it all.

[undeterred]

23. my grandfather died at age 93

and his wife died a few months later - she was 84. She lost her will to live; they had been together for over 60 years. This is the same side of the family the cousin is from so it makes it looks like the emotional factors play more heavily than genetics or health in some cases.

[lavenderdiva]

24. yep, my parents had been married for over 35 years,

and while I can't say they were happily married, they loved each other, no doubt. When I read that your cousin had cared for his dad for 15-20 years, and then that his father passed away, that HAD to have some sort of an impact on your cousin's health.

I am so sorry for your and your family's loss...