Ocupation: Novelist
Life: b. May 30, 1938
Birthday: May 30
A wife who loses a husband is called a widow. A husband who loses a wife is called a widower. A child who loses his parents is called an orphan. There is no word for a parent who loses a child. That's how awful the loss is.
topic: Children, Husband, Losing A Loved One, Parental, Losing A Child, Widowers