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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 5357172" data-attributes="member: 8835">from a posibilities angle, what does it matter what happened to Kayes' family?If he did indeed cash in a policy for $1000 and die 2 years later, that implies the policy wasn't worth much.  Even in 1975 dollars.Ultmately, things were either hard or easy, and his family persevered and overcame it or sunk deeper into problems.From there, his kids either went on to do great things, or a life of destituion.Those options, oddly enough, matter little whether he lived or died, they were always possibilities.I suppose, had he died today, folks might have had a fund raiser for him.  But that money may or may not have helped his family (they could have frittered it away, who knows).Umbran's point is then reinforced.  It's not our business what happens next to somebody.  At least from a generic curiosity standpoint.  Too much of our modern society is obsessed with peering into others lives via facebook, celebrity gossip and reality shows.  That's not to say its worth check on people to see if they need help, but there's a line.</blockquote>