Went to my great uncle's funeral today. Very sad. He had broken his hip while in a nursing home and died of surgical complications 2 days after. My great aunt was with him when he died, too. She was especially upset because she had to be escorted out of the room before rigor mortis set in.

He looked like he lost a lot of weight. He was virtually unrecognizable. My great aunt said he rarely ate any food in the past year, hence the weight loss. We think it had something to do with his Alzheimer's... but he did defy odds because he had Alzheimer's for over 13 years.