My grandmother passed at 104. She sang and wrote songs until she passed.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
My father died in '97. But at least he lived until 93, so he saw my success.
My grandfather went through a lot in his life.
My father passed away a couple of years ago, but he was very old. He was almost a 100 years old. And, you know, he had a very good life. He came to America and he had a good life.
My grandmother sang, too, and she was really loud. It was this wild kind of singing. I count her among my influences.
When my mother passed away I was 20.
I had one relative who passed away but fortunately none others. So my sort of experience of it is quite limited, thankfully.
My Dad died during the flu epidemic in 1918 when I was 4 years old. He left a lot of classical recordings behind that I began listening to at an early age, so he must have been a music lover.
My mother had early-onset Alzheimer's, and it took her four years to die. She was only 44; I was 14.
My mom died when I was 11 years old.
My mother passed when I was in the third grade, my father when I was in the seventh, and that's when I was shipped to Los Angeles to live with an aunt.