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My dad died when I was young; my mom remarried with more haste than sense to a fellow... he wasn't evil or anything, but he was worthless.

— P. J. O'Rourke

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

My dad died when I was 23. His death was sudden and shocking - the result of a car crash - and I never got to say goodbye.

— Dani Shapiro

My dad died when he was 60. I was only 17 and I think, psychologically, that had a huge impact on me, probably more than I realised.

— Pam Ferris

My father died when I was 7. I was his favorite child, and he was my beloved father. I brought him along with me all through my life. Every elderly man has a bit of my father in him for me.

— P. L. Travers

My dad? He died when I was 19, which is a bad time for your dad to die, because there's an awful lot of things you have to resolve with your parents past your teens if you've been a difficult teenager.

— Robbie Coltrane

My father was out of my life when I was pretty young - when I was 7 years old, he was gone. I didn't see him for the rest of my childhood.

— Flea

My father died when I was five, but I grew up in a strong family.

— Philip Levine

My Father had a profound influence on me. He was a lunatic.

— Spike Milligan

I used to say that my own father was dead, because he might as well have been. He was in Argentina and didn't play a part in my life. He and my mother divorced when I was only two.

— Olivia Hussey

My dad was a great dad.

— Bijou Phillips

✗Opposing Perspectives

My father's life was so decimated by his earliest experiences. His mother died when he was 7 years old, which he always said was the worst experience in his life. When he was 8, his father disappeared and he was on his own from the age of 8.

— Walter Mosley