Don ... I think many of us here can feel your pain, even though that doesn't make it any easier for you ... when the bass player and best vocalist in our band died a number of years ago, that hit me as hard as when my parents passed ... Oft-times losing a friend is harder than losing family ...
And just this past week I got the news that the drummer from the band has been diagnosed with stage 4 Cancer ... as Gary says, getting old ain't for wimps ...
Our prayers are with you, Don ...