One day my brother Chris told me that he had mentioned Brother John to a colleague at his law firm.

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"It was my older brother who told me that Billy was missing, " she said.

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My brother sat me down and told me I had a problem.

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What does it mean that my brilliant doctor brother, who told me he would live forever, followed suit and died at the age of 46 on his 17th wedding anniversary?

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My brother-in-law later told me that he had called an acquaintance he had not spoken to in over a decade who lived in Memphis to see if he was okay (of course he was, and was probably headed out to play golf and get some barbecue when the phone rang).

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