To my shock, I learned just yesterday of someone's husband who died of supposedly Alzheimer's and pneumonia. The guy was under 55 and didn't have any heart nor respiratory problems. Was hubby of a woman friend that I used to have a close friendship for over 15 years but that faded to nearly nothing in past decade.

It just sounds abit strange...nowadays in North America to die of such causes. I've known the wife since elementary school and know her well as a high achiever in every front --school, her career, her finances (when she was single, bought her own home 2 years after landing a full-time job post-university studies) and no doubt, her 2 children in terms of child-rearing.

I am aware he was a stay-at-home dad for a few years and did undergo depression. Not certain for all the causes.

I was told this news in hush-hush way via another mutual friend.

Why is it I can't shake the feeling the reasons for his death are not stated as such...either to protect the children or whatever??

It is hard on surviving family members when a premature death occurs suddenly under rather cloudy circumstances or at least cloudy information communicated outside of the immediate family.

Maybe I'm just reading way too much into all this.