Sad

The death last night of a friend and business associate makes us sadly aware of how fragile life is. Three months ago he was the very image of good health; at age sixty-seven he was active and fit and full of joie de vivre. Then he developed what he thought was a case of bronchitis that affected his breathing. A series of tests over the past two or three weeks traced the source of his breathing problem to cancer. Only two days ago his family was notified that the disease was terminal. And today he is gone.