Names of the Dead

CARL, AS WE CALLED HIM, WAS A KIND AND PASSIONATE BROTHER WHOM WE ALL LOVED GREATLY. HE HAD SPENT 25 PLUS YEARS EMPLOYED BY A TRUCKING COMPANY IN TAMPA, FLA., ONE MORNING HE ARRIVED AT WORK TO FIND THE GATES PADLOCKED, A HAND WRITTEN NOTE ALERTING ALL EMPLOYEES THAT THE COMPANY HAD FOLDED FINANCIALLY....NO OTHER WARNINGS WERE GIVEN, AND IN WHAT SEEMS TO BE THE FASHION TODAY, NO COMPENSATION. HE HAD SOME 401K MONEY, ENOUGH TO SURVIVE ON, BUT HEALTH INSURANCE WAS A BEST A DREAM NOW. BEING IN HIS LATE 50'S, WAS RATHER HARD TO SECURE EMPLOYMENT, SO HE OPTED TO "RETIRE" ON A MINIMAL SSI........HE HAD SPOKEN TO ME OCCASIONALLY ABOUT THE HIGH COST OF MEDICAL CARE NOW, BUT NEVER MENTIONED THAT HE WAS A LIVING TIME BOMB [HE HAD A DANGEROUS HEART CONDITION THAT REQUIRED TREATMENT]. CARL WAS FOUND DEAD IN HIS APARTMENT ON FEB. 3, 2008, BY HIS DAUGHTER WHO HE HAD SCRIMPED AND SAVED TO PUT THROUGH COLLEGE [IRONICALLY SHE'S NOW A PHYSICIAN]. HE HAD DIED IN HIS SLEEP OF MASSIVE HEART FAILURE. DURING THE FOLLOWING DAYS, HIS FAMILY HAD FOUND SEVERAL UNFILLED PRESCRIPTIONS DATING YEAR BACK THAT IF FILLED WOULD HAVE CERTAINLY SAVED OR AT LEAST EXTENDED HIS LIFE, BUT DUE TO THE COST, HE COULD NOT AFFORD THE MEDICATION.HE HAD PAID FOR THE DOCTORS VISITS OUT OF HIS POCKET TO ONLY DISCOVER THAT HE WAS INDEED DOOMED TO DIE.