B:28 May 1943 Washington DC, District of Columbia, USA
D:11 April 2024 Florida
Today, I got a call. A call I really did not want to get. My cousin called to tell me that my uncle had died on April 11th. I had spoken to my uncle on the telephone only a few weeks before. We were discussing the craziness of the world, the political situation, and all about our relatives. He told me that he and his wife would still try and visit me here in Costa Rica. I laughed and told him flying was probably not a great idea because of all the recent accidents.
About Marvin Claud Ellison Jr.: He was classy, funny, and always had good things to say about people. He was the youngest of five siblings. He was intelligent and advanced from being a D.C.-mounted policeman to a complete detective. Marvin was my mother´s favorite sibling; they were very close. He loved to travel, and every year, he and his wife would fly to one exotic country or another. They had recently traveled to Portugal. He was a vegan for the last eight years because he was very health conscious. Marvin did not smoke or drink, and he exercised daily. He was a very fit, trim, healthy 80-year-old.
Marvin was the only one left in his family.
His oldest sister, Rosa, died on January 15, 2020
His youngest sister, Brenda, died on May 11, 2020
His next oldest sister, Marie, died on April 13, 2012 – her husband, Alfred, died on July 29, 2020
His favorite sister, Jackie, my mother, died on September 17, 2020 – her husband – my father Vernon, died on April 4, 2020
The family members who died in 2020 all died alone – because of COVID-19 health measures, no one was allowed to be with them. They were all cremated. No autopsies were performed.
These are a lot of funerals from a family that had a great-aunt who lived to be 106 years old.
And I am furious about it.
According to my cousin, Marvin began to not feel well and went to see a doctor for back pain, shoulder pain, and generally feeling unwell. The doctor sent him home and said to rest. No problem. After two days, he began to feel worse, could not sleep, and went to emergency because he was not breathing well. They found he had blood clots in his legs and he had sepsis in his back, but they could not figure out from what. He was in such a weakened state that they felt the risk of more surgery was too significant. So, in a matter of days, my uncle died.
At least he had his family there and did not pass alone.
Yes, he had a Covid-19 shot.
I told my cousin to tell his wife to demand an autopsy and an in-depth explanation of Marvin´s cause of death. Everyone wants to just quickly get the funeral over with.
However, I think this is a crime scene. No cause of death is yet listed.
Uncle Marvin, I will miss you and our great conversations. He is a good-looking dude with grey hair standing on the far right with his wife who is wearing a white and black blouse and black sweater.
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