Been thinking this also, lost my Dad at 17 in '86 after a 2 yr battle with colon cancer, he was 54.
My entire families lives would be completely different if that had not happened.
I feel your pain anon. Sorry for your loss.
52 now and have neither parent, spouse anon's as well.
So for those of you that still have parents, cherish them, record their stories, ask them about their youth and call them.
I didn't refer to when things began but that there was a shift to the timeline in the mid 80's.
And I go back to Cain & Abel.