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[quote=Anonymous]Some people don't have strong family norms about sending cards and checking on ill people they rarely see. I had a great-aunt that I met only 3 times in my life. She was funny and I liked her. My dad told me she was in the hospital but didn't say it was life-threatening. About a month later, I asked my dad about her address to send a card. And he told me she had died a few weeks before. I found that a bit odd. But my family is pretty calm about deaths. I think the estranged half-sister was maybe hoping for an amiable but very occasional check-in relationship and didn't know what to do about following up on the original bad news. But I agree she would want to know. If only to avoid the awkwardness of recontacting OP years later and asking about the brother. I would send a written message and not a text. Depending on family tradition, you might include an obituary or memento from the service (prayer card, etc.)[/quote]
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