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A friend of mine died this week. I haven't seen him in five years. He died in prison.
We met in high school and were friends into my twenties, then we lost contact. He was very materialistic and wanted money and possessions while I was the complete opposite. He started dealing dope at a young age, but we still hung around together.
I saw him about five years ago and he showed me his new Corvette and continued to brag about all of the money that he gets.

I talked to a mutual friend last night about him. Apparently he had cancer, but the prison didn't feel that he deserved the care that a free person would get, so they let him die. I really don't know the story. All I know is that even though we went different directions, and he was probably responsible for helping others to get addicted to drugs he was still my friend.

I don't want sympathy replies because it's not called for except for his family. Anyone else have a friend who went astray? I guess they truely die young.