I got the telephone call at approximately 8:15PM.
My father had passed away.
I had just seen him earlier in the day, in his assisted living residence, on hospice care. He had a full time care aide with him, and his facility had their folks coming in to see him frequently - more frequently than they were obliged to, he was (as I was told by more than one of them) popular with the staff.
I had left him around noon. My brother had brought his wife and youngest son over to say
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