I had a friend die and I didn't find out for about 400 days. I was very upset, though I only knew this man via the internet...but we had been close friends for

I had a friend die and I didn't find out for about 400 days. I was very upset, though I only knew this man via the internet...but we had been close friends for nearly a decade before having a falling out. He had cystic fibrosis and went from perfectly healthy to dead in about four days. His father and friends have taken up his various online presences--facebook, website, twitter. It's a neat little community that formed around him, even in his absence.