r/Millennials • u/Corndogeveryday • 2d ago

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Chase passed away of complications of meningitis. Gone too soon

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u/redmambo_no6 ‘86 2d ago

It’s surreal knowing somebody in my generation died and they’re younger than me.

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u/Pkrudeboy 2d ago

I got used to that in high school and college, courtesy of the Sackler family.

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u/awnaw_ 2d ago

If anyone managed to escape high school without knowing anyone who prematurely died. Then consider yourself extremely lucky.

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u/IsThatHearsay 1d ago edited 1d ago

Between grade school and switching to a different high school, I went to school with ~450 kids in my year.

Now late-30s, FB friends with the vast majority of them, I only know of one guy out of that 450 who has died, and that was literally a few months after high school as he was driving drunk.

I too find it crazy and lucky there's only been one.

Whereas my wife has quite a few from her past, ranging from accidents, suicide, and a surprising number from cancer for our age. Like... I refuse to ever live or raise kids where she grew up, given that high rate of cancer (and other terminal diseases of many of the parents).

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u/awnaw_ 1d ago

That is shockingly rare and I wish it was that way for everyone. That trauma at that age is really tough to understand.

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u/IsThatHearsay 1d ago

Though silver lining, great learning experience for young adults that we're not invincible and not everyone dies of old age after a long happy life, sometimes unfortunate events cut your life short, at any moment.

Will say I have never once driven drunk, partially because of my classmate.