Everyone's heard stories of people whose lives end on extraordinary notes: The adventurous senior who goes skydiving to check it off her bucket list. The multiple-cancer survivor with an optimism and thirst for life in the face of adversity. The mother who dies at peace and without pain at home as family and loved ones are by her side.
But less shared are the tales of more complicated deaths, and the tragically sudden. The father and daughter who never said, "I love you." The best friend who was the life of the party but died the next day in a car wreck. The young lover who had a heart attack in his sleep.