Dear Uncle
Profoundly moved to hear about the sudden demise of your friend, especially when he was on the way to attend our wedding. How can a person marry and be merry when life is so short, and so uncertain. An ancient sage has rightly compared the human life with the flight of a bird through a floodlit banquet hall from darkness into darkness.
May God grant you peace in your great bereavement.
Lovingly
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