My Condolences

I'm so sorry, DB. No one should have bury their child. Blessings to you and your granddaughter.

I'm so very sorry. You are in my prayers.

To one of the supernovas of Hollywood upon the loss of another, her daughter, I offer my condolences, my sympathy and my respects.

God rest, ma'am.

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My condolences to her family. Tough loss of two family members is tough. RIP

I suffered through something similar (grandmother, then mother dying within six weeks) twelve years ago; it's such a shock and an aching void for quite some time, until one reaches the point of memories becoming happier, as they replace the sense of loss. Sending healing thoughts and condolences to Todd Fisher and his family, including Carrie's daughter, Billie. I'm at least glad I reached my forties by the time I lost the two most important women in my life; I'm sorry Billie won't have that extra time with her mother and grandmother.

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I am sorry to hear you lost your mom and grandmother so close together. I believe had Debbie lived that aching void you speak of may have been with her for the rest of her earthly days.

I used to live in CA and the people I have known in the past thought an awful lot of Debbie Reynolds. She will be sorely missed.

Thanks so much, WhWm. How sweet of you! We were so close, though I had moved several hours from my family nearly twenty years before. I suffered a panic attack within hours of coming home to be with my surviving family; had I been older, I might well have suffered a more serious health issue. It took a few years, but I learned to feel grateful for having more than forty years together, during which we enjoyed sharing books, music, art, travel, crafts, cooking, baking, etc. We lost my father to cancer when he was just 40, and I have lost many friends even younger than that, so I found it a bit easier to accept these losses. My grandmother was 86, though my mother was much too young (67). Both my mother and grandmother taught me so much; their lessons and spirits are with me every day.

You're right about Debbie Reynolds. Reynolds was such a Hollywood legend and always seemed to be classy and funny, as well as honest and self-deprecating. The untimely loss of her daughter, with whom she had found common ground after years of tension, surely overwhelmed her. Losing Carrie when Debbie was already in her 80s must have seemed unbearable. If one loses a child when one is younger, then one has time and strength to go through all the stages of grief. Once one reaches old age, one tends to know how loss feels, as well as how long and arduous the recovery period can be; it's easy to feel engulfed by that void. Elderly people often feel lonely and weary, as their friends die or fall ill. It's not a stretch to think Reynolds and others who suffer such losses may feel they want to join their friends and families who have gone before. We knew many couples who died within weeks, months or a couple years of each other.

I've witnessed something similar with several of my elderly dogs; they fought hard against their final illnesses, but one day, they showed me they had reached the end of the road by refusing meds or dying naturally within hours of a euthanasia appointment. We had one dog who fought against his illness for 18 months, then suffered a probable stroke, which deprived him of that chance to choose his end time. We're not so different from our pets.

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