How old were you when you lost your parents?

[Anonymous]

40 when mom died; 46 when dad died, six years apart, almost to the day.

[Anonymous]

24 when my mom died at 58
42 when my dad died at 80

[Anonymous]

17 - Dad 49
30- Mom 54

[Anonymous]

18 when Mom died. She was 54.
44 when Dad died. He was 80.

I’m now older than mom was when she passed. That was a bit of a mindf@&$.

[Anonymous]

56 when my dad died at 80
I'm 57 now and mom is still living at 80.

[Anonymous]

I was 45 when my dad died at age 76 and I was 48 when my mom passed at 78.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How old were they?

Dad was 81, I was 45. Healthy, in shape, still working, never overate, and active but heart disease runs in the family.

[Anonymous]

I'm 54 and both my parents are still living. They're both 87.

[Anonymous]

Lost my mom at 30, she was 60. It will be three years next week. The pain is still unbelievable some days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm 54 and both my parents are still living. They're both 87.

Same, fingers crossed. Late 80s them/ early 50s me.

[Anonymous]

19 when my dad died at 50
Mom is still alive at 76 and I’m 49: stepfather is still alive at 96 (!)

[Anonymous]

39 when my dad died; 47 when my mom died. I miss them all the time and especially miss that my kids don't have them in their lives. All my friends still have 1 or both living parents. It's hard not to be envious.

[Anonymous]

NP. Wow, how sad that so many posters lost a parent so young... that just makes one realize (once again) how short life is.

Those whose parents died so young, would you mind sharing the cause?

In my case (45) parents, in-laws, aunts, uncles, also those of DH, are still alive. All 80 and above. They are just now starting to decline, so I guess we need to brace ourselves for the first losses...

[Anonymous]

33 when my Dad died at the age of 69. I am 39 and my Mom is still alive at 75.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NP. Wow, how sad that so many posters lost a parent so young... that just makes one realize (once again) how short life is.

Those whose parents died so young, would you mind sharing the cause?

In my case (45) parents, in-laws, aunts, uncles, also those of DH, are still alive. All 80 and above. They are just now starting to decline, so I guess we need to brace ourselves for the first losses...

I’m one of the PPs whose dad died when he was 44 and I was 16. He had undiagnosed celiac disease before it was a disease people were aware of. That led to cancer and he died of internal bleeding. From diagnosis to death was like 3 months.