Three years ago today, my second-dad figure passed away in hospital after entering with liver failure. Sadly, I found out two days later while at my gf's grandmother's house, which hurt considerably more given that I wasn't in the country at the time, despite my protests, and was forced to miss the funeral.

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Today, on this morning of 18th June, 2020, the British nation mourns the loss and celebrates the life of Dame Vera Lynn, a wartime Forces' entertainer and singer, who died at the ripe age of 103. She was an inspirational figure during World War 2 and she kept up the hope that we'll all get through the dark times and come out better than we were before. Without her morale-boosting efforts, we'd all be lost.

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