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Belly35

Posts: 9,716

Jul 31, 2013 4:26pm

Back in the 60’s my high school class graduation was a little over 400 students.
Would have been a few more but some did not make it to graduation. With pregnancy, drug over dose, shooting deaths, runaways, suicides, jail and accidental deaths accounted for additional 25 to 30 students.

Right now I think my class is down to about 300 give or take a few we don’t know about.

What about your high school graduation class how many are still alive?

ZzZzCatcher

Posts: 5

Jul 31, 2013 4:37pm

2 mabe 3 has kicked the buchet, mofo.

Belly35

Posts: 9,716

Jul 31, 2013 5:03pm

ZzZzCatcher;1480878 wrote:2 mabe 3 has kicked the buchet, mofo.

Misspelled word, no sign of grammar and followed up with mofo ... is that you son

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queencitybuckeye

Posts: 7,117

Jul 31, 2013 5:19pm

We've lost about a dozen from a class of just over 300 (1975).

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MontyBrunswick

Jul 31, 2013 5:31pm

I have absolutely no idea since I only associate with a handful of people from high school.

The rest of them were assholes.

I know for a fact one died while racing his car drunk.

Rotinaj

Posts: 7,699

Jul 31, 2013 5:36pm

Everyone from my class is dead. Mauled by Aardvarks.

Tigerfan00

Posts: 3,427

Jul 31, 2013 5:36pm

dlazz;1480902 wrote:I have absolutely no idea since I only associate with a handful of people from high school.

The rest of them were assholes.

I know for a fact one died while racing his car drunk.

Thats funny someone died.

/Said Failita

Classyposter58

Posts: 6,321

Jul 31, 2013 6:01pm

3 died and I graduated 3 years ago. 1 suicide, 1 in a high speed chase and I forget the other

Curly J

Posts: 7,282

Jul 31, 2013 6:08pm

I don't know of any passing away from my class of about 170.

The class after mine has about 15 people that have died from theirs.

Mohican00

Posts: 3,394

Jul 31, 2013 6:08pm

Surprisingly only one 1 death (class of 2000) and that was 6 months after graduation (drunk driving single car crash), though there were only 91 people in my class

believer

Posts: 8,153

Jul 31, 2013 6:12pm

Class had 265 (1975). I know about a half dozen died within the first year after graduation due to auto accident, illness, etc.

I have no friggin idea how many are left and really don't care. Went to our 10 year anniversary thinking that by then most of the assholes would have grown up but it was more of the same except they were older and mostly with jobs.

Haven't been to another since then. My guess is they're still assholes only fatter and balder.

OSH

Posts: 4,145

Jul 31, 2013 6:19pm

I think only one death in my graduating class of 176 from 2003. She died a couple years back from suicide, shocked everyone.

This is the exact reason why I will try to go to my reunions. Never know when someone will go. It's sad to see people who are capable of going to reunions but choose not to go. Life is fragile and you never know when you get to say hi or bye to someone last. I always make a point to see people when I can. I don't care if I never talked to them then, people are important.

Pick6

Posts: 14,946

Jul 31, 2013 6:21pm

Only had 37 in my graduating class. Off the top of my head, none have died

believer

Posts: 8,153

Jul 31, 2013 6:27pm

OSH;1480926 wrote:I think only one death in my graduating class of 176 from 2003. She died a couple years back from suicide, shocked everyone.

This is the exact reason why I will try to go to my reunions. Never know when someone will go. It's sad to see people who are capable of going to reunions but choose not to go. Life is fragile and you never know when you get to say hi or bye to someone last. I always make a point to see people when I can. I don't care if I never talked to them then, people are important.

I hear what you're saying. Let's just say my class had a special breed of assholes. I actually prefer staying in touch with friends I made in the classes who graduated before and after mine. Words can't explain it.

GoChiefs

Posts: 16,754

Jul 31, 2013 6:28pm

316 in the Class of '99. I can think of 7 that have passed away.

OSH;1480926 wrote:It's sad to see people who are capable of going to reunions but choose not to go.

Lol. Sad? Anyone that I wanted to associate with from school, I still do. I don't go to my reunions because I have no desire to talk to jerk offs I didn't speak with then either.

Iliketurtles

Posts: 8,191

Jul 31, 2013 6:44pm

GoChiefs;1480933 wrote:Lol. Sad? Anyone that I wanted to associate with from school, I still do. I don't go to my reunions because I have no desire to talk to jerk offs I didn't speak with then either.

I agree with you GoChiefs. I remember when my 5 year reunion came up facebook was just becoming really popular and a bunch of people asked me if I was going. It was only 2 blocks from where I lived and I still didn't go haha.

I graduated with 56 other people in 2004 and I am pretty sure none of died yet.

Pick6

Posts: 14,946

Jul 31, 2013 6:48pm

I plan on going to my high school reunion(s) because I live 2 hours away from where I grew up and hardly get to see my classmates and best friends from high school anymore. I generally got along with everybody pretty good as well.

iclfan2

Posts: 6,360

Jul 31, 2013 7:07pm

Only 1 from my graduating class of 156 has died, and that was 3 months after HS graduation (tragic 4 wheeling accident). I will probably go to my 10 year reunion if we have one, but every night back home at the 1 bar is like an entire town reunion anyway.

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friendfromlowry

Posts: 6,239

Jul 31, 2013 7:26pm

I wonder how unpopular class reunions have become/will continue to become with the emergence of the internet, Facebook, Twitter, etc.

OSH

Posts: 4,145

Jul 31, 2013 8:47pm

GoChiefs;1480933 wrote:Lol. Sad? Anyone that I wanted to associate with from school, I still do. I don't go to my reunions because I have no desire to talk to jerk offs I didn't speak with then either.

There's a lot of people I didn't speak with either. But that still doesn't mean that people aren't valuable. I'm also "away" from my hometown. So, it's an opportunity for me to reconnect with people and/or see my friends. To me, people are important, regardless of them being "jerk offs" 10, 20, 30 years ago. Times change and so do people. Never know when you may impact someone. Sometimes going to them may be the best thing for those people. I know my 10 year was great to be at. I wish more of my classmates went.

I sometimes think people are ashamed to go.

Trueblue23

Posts: 7,463

Jul 31, 2013 9:11pm

None that I can think of, but a few are in prison

mcburg93

Posts: 3,167

Jul 31, 2013 9:44pm

I think we have lost 5 out of a class of 45. Just had my 20th class reunion and I think only 15 people showed up.

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sportswizuhrd

Posts: 3,215

Jul 31, 2013 10:38pm

OSH;1480926 wrote:I think only one death in my graduating class of 176 from 2003. She died a couple years back from suicide, shocked everyone.

Yeah it did. Didnt know her at all outside of a few parties but I was surprised.

I think out of 170 we have lost 5-6.

Dan Gilbert

Posts: 215

Jul 31, 2013 11:05pm

We graduated 92 and had 10 that didn't make it due to courses issues and what not (102 overall). The majority have made it since 2006 but we just lost a guy to a motorcycle accident this summer.

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Manhattan Buckeye

Posts: 7,566

Aug 1, 2013 5:26am

Trueblue23;1480972 wrote:None that I can think of, but a few are in prison

We had one death, but I'm going to conservatively estimate that 1/4 of the boys/men in my HS class have spent some time in jail. Mostly stupid drug related or DUI. I know of only one guy that did some hard time on a sexual assault charge, but he's paroled now.