RIP 2011

[Not Afraid]

Originally Posted by JWBear

Same here. I only knew one of my grand parents. One died before I was born, one when I was too young to remember her, and I never met one of my grandfathers even though he died when I was 7.

I only met one grandparent also - my grandfather who was 98 when he died. My Grandmother, his wife, I "met" her in her coffin. My Dad's parent were both gone before i was born.

[Strangler Lewis]

I never knew any of my grandparents, although my mother insists that her mother died when I was about two.

If my father's parents were alive, they'd be 134 and 124, and I'd still think the difference in their age was kind of weird.

[Morrigoon]

Blows my mind that my mom's already a great-grandparent. I only met one of my grandparents.

[katiesue]

I, through bizarre family stuff, had 6 grandparents plus two step-grandparents. My Mom's Dad and one of my Dad's Mom's both died before I was born. My Dad's other Mom just died last year, she was the last one living.

Three of my great-grandparents were alive when I was born. I clearly remember two of them. The third died shortly after I was born. I also had a great number of Great Aunts and Uncles. I've only got one of those left and she's got dementia and has been in a nursing home for quite some time. When we were younger we spent a lot of time with all the various Great Aunts/Uncles most of which were fun interesting people.

[cirquelover]

I was lucky and knew all my grandparents. My grandmother and her sister are still alive I knew one of my great grandmothers and quite a few great aunts.

My boy was the lucky one he had four sets of grandparents and two great grands. You know my boy was spoiled when he was born with that many grandparents all wanting to buy things!

[JWBear]

All my great-grandparents were dead when I was born. My mom has 15 great-grandchildren, and she has met all of them. A couple of them are now old enough to have children themselves!

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Playwright and director Arthur Laurents. He wrote the books for and directed "West Side Story" and "Gypsy" and directed the original Broadway production of "La Cage aux Folles".

[Kevy Baby]

Due to longevity in my family, there exists a five-generation photo: My great grandmother, my grandfather, my father, my sister, and my nephew,

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

My parents were both born in the 1920's.

Yeah, but you're old.

[Alex]

6 of 8 great-grandparents were alive when I was born. The last just died 4 years ago.

My first niece has two different five generation photos. My nephew could have as well but didn't live in the right part of the country.

It's not so much much that we live long as that we don't learn about contraception early enough.

[Ghoulish Delight]

'Macho Man' Randy Savage



Solo car accident - according to his brother, he had a heart attack which is what caused him to lose control into a tree.