I lost one of my forum friend 2 weeks ago, but I also had ended up meeting her and knowing her in real life for a little bit over a year. It wasn't unexpected completely (she had been battling cancer a while) but the last time I saw her, she was doing well and very excited about taking her dogs to some trials. Then I came up to training two weeks ago and everyone is upset and crying. Now my other trainer is having to rehome some of her dogs. It's just sad.
It's really made me think quite a bit. I ended up having to inform the forum that she'd passed. Makes me wonder how many people that just disappear suddenly actually had something like that happen.