Ann's loss was just as sad, Alice. I was sorry when she died, but felt that she was at peace with her family and, in particular, her granddaughter. Don's death was a terrible event that not only caused me sadness, it brought me to tears, and still does. I was publisher to both Ann and Don. They touched my life through electronic communication, as did many other authors. To think of any one of them suffering tremendous pain and anguish affects me deeply.
When I searched to find out if Don had died -- his latest avatar suggested that he was not well -- I never for one moment thought that I would be reading that he had died under such tragic circumstances.