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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics

My private messages to a lifelong friend who died

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‘I’ve taken to private messaging my friend on Twitter, which sounds mad, but helps.’ Photograph: Getty

I’m writing in response to Justin Myers’ article on the death of his friend (‘It was a bad dream – but I never woke up’: what it is like to lose your best friend, 18 September). This happened to me last year, so it’s still quite raw.

I’d known my friend since I was a baby, and four decades later she died of a heart attack. It is hard. When our close group of friends meet up, it feels like a part of us is missing, because it is.

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