Johanna - Yes, that was a terrible way to go. The only peace you can derive from that, is that he is now out of his misery. I wish you and your Mom the very best. She will need extra attention now because of having seen him do this and not being able to stop it. Sometimes life is the pits, isn't it? Jo Ann ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn