“You‘re not weird. You can grieve a friend you weren‘t all that close to, even one you haven‘t seen in years. You can grieve a celebrity you‘ve never met. It may not make sense to others, but that doesn‘t mean your grief isn‘t real.”
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Friend Grief and Anger: When Your Friend Dies and No One Gives a Damn | 
“You‘re not weird. You can grieve a friend you weren‘t all that close to, even one you haven‘t seen in years. You can grieve a celebrity you‘ve never met. It may not make sense to others, but that doesn‘t mean your grief isn‘t real.”
“The problem with suppressing the absolutely justified anger we feel when a friend dies is that it will bubble up eventually. It will present itself suddenly and loudly and often in a completely unrelated situation. And that presents its own complications.”