That's really sad to hear.
We are in world trying to do many things. Great things. Change the world how we can. Work till exhaustation till we fulfill our dreams.
But we must definately cherish our close ones more than all of that.

Thanks for sharing this. You seem like you are a great professional, but with things like this, I can only think you are a tremendous human being too, even without knowing you much.
I am very excited about your work and can't wait to see more of it, but I think Steemit is also a place to bind with people.
Be strong!