My Freethinkers group is on Meetup. We had a Game Day on Saturday.
A new member had joined and RSVP'd for the Game Day, R. I always welcome new people to the group, invite them to the meetings, etc. I saw his profile and realized he'd been to a few other events with his wife (I had enjoyed them both, we had a lot in common as a couple. I had been FB friends with her to get her into the FB group, but unfriended her after that, b/c I didn't feel I knew them well enough).
Now his profile was saying he was a single male. I [headtiled] at that, b/c they hadn't been married for very long. So of course, I start snooping b/c I didn't want to stick my foot in my mouth. I couldn't imagine them divorcing, so I was fearing the worst. And I was right.
She had passed away. Her last post on FB was Feb 2 about having to go to the ER and discovering she needed her gallbladder removed. He posted on Feb 19 that she had passed away from leukemia that struck w/out warning and moved aggressively. She went so quickly, the doctors didn't even know what sort of leukemia it was. I don't think they had even been married a year. He was pretty fresh out of professional school when we met, so I doubt either one of them was much older than 26-28.
I didn't say anything at the meetup. I figured if he wanted to say anything, he would. He's not wearing his wedding ring anymore either. I was glad he came out at all. I just felt a lot of compassion for him.