If you could go back and give any person 30 - 40 more years of life who would it be?

[ohiosmith]

My best friend Carlos who died at the age of 29 in 1976.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. My grandmother, who was killed by a driver as she crossed in a crosswalk...

She was in her sixties. I would have loved to had her around so much longer, to get to know my daughter, her first great-grand child.

She was planning a trip to Africa.

I still miss her...

[ohiosmith]

2. How sad.

Hope you're feeling better CP.

[femmocrat]

3. My beloved sister.

She was such a wonderful person and died way too young.

[pipi_k]

4. It was hard to make a choice

between my daughter who died in 1975 at the age of 3 months

or my brother who died last year at the age of 40.

I decided it would be my brother because it was hard enough losing a child I didn't get to spend years and years loving. I couldn't even imagine how awful it must have been...must still be...for my mom to have lost her only son, after loving him for 40 years.

And he had children.

Yeah...so I would choose my brother.

[siligut]

5. My dad, he died in a small plane accident during the best years of his life

I would have him enjoy everything he worked so hard for.

[pokerfan]

6. my cousin

died from an aneurysm, age 14.

[MiddleFingerMom]

7. JFK

[trueblue2007]

8. MY MOTHER. SHE DIED WHEN I WAS 13. SHE WAS ONLY 33

SHE DIED AS RESULT OF CAR ACCIDENT.

my father had been drinking.......

[dana_b]

9. my mom

she died way too young from lupus.

[Tabasco_Dave]

10. My uncle

He died of Aids at 55 in 1994. If he had survived just one more year he could have got the new medications and he could have had another 20-30 years of life.

[peacefreak]

11. My brother, Jimmy.

He died at the age of 33 from brain cancer.

[Tikki]

12. My sweet, dear Mother-in-law.

She was so special. I still love you and miss you Demi.


Tikki

[HopeHoops]

13. My brother. He died at 13.

[LynneSin]

14. My dad

nuff said

[bigwillq]

15. My Mom's father.

Died when she was 16. Would've like to have met him.

[trof]

16. My mom. She died at 50. Breast cancer.

Never saw her daughter-in-law or granddaughter.
That all came after her death.

[bluedigger]

17. I lost my dad at age 32 to cancer. n/t

[Maine-ah]

18. my Dad

he died when he was 49, 17 years ago. Even with all the shit I learned about him after he died...I'd still prefer that he was here still.

[Ron Obvious]

19. Me

Sorry to be so self-centred and narcissistic, but assuming the requirement is not for the person in question to already be dead, I would say me. Otherwise it would be hard to choose between my parents, my sister, my three best friends...

I find a human lifespan ridiculously short. I have stacks of unread books I'll likely not get to. There will be great scientific advances I won't get to hear about. There's great classical music I won't have heard. If we make contact with aliens, I'll probably miss it. My great American novel will remain in the drawer, unfinished...

I could easily fill a thousand year lifespan.

[RebelOne]

20. My stepfather, who was killed by a drunken off-duty policeman.

He was a good man and only 39 when he was killed. He was better to me than my own father.

[frogmarch]

21. My mother, who died when

I was around 2 weeks old.

But then, I'd have never known my wonderful, loving step-mother, the only mom I ever knew.

What a sad question. I miss my dad too, and my sister...and lots of other people who died too young.

[Odin2005]

22. My stepdad, he died of pancreas in inflamation in 2009.

He was only 47. RIP, Jim.

[Silver Swan]

23. My father, who died in 1954 when I was eight.

I wonder how my family's life would have been different had he lived.

Second choice would be my former spouse who died last June. His death was a great shock to my adult children, and it hit me much harder than I expected. The loss of a parent unexpectedly is always difficult.

[astonamous]

24. My son...

He was killed a month before his 25th birthday.

[RFKHumphreyObama]

25. My mother

Died too young from a disease she defied the statistical odds to get. Died two years before she would have been able to see the grandchildren that she desperately wanted and whom she would have adored and doted on -she was always the best with kids. Also had a real zest for life and living it to the full

[stillers4ever]

26. My brother, who in a moment of despair took his own life...

He was only 32 yrs old and left behind a loving wife, a 3 yr old son and a 18 mo old daughter.

RIP, bro.

[Phentex]

27. Jim Henson...

I think of what could have been.

[TheCentepedeShoes]

28. My dad

Died at 50 when I was 14
We had our problems but if he had lived longer I would have been older and strong enough to tell him to stop being a jerk
And I think he would have (or so I like to think)

[OhioChick]

29. My Father...

Died far too young.

[Brickbat]

30. My husband's grandfather.

His death was devastating to many people in many terrible ways.