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Alec Anthony Parra

January 3, 2015/in Tributes/by webguy

Submitted by: His mother
Born: 1991
Died: 2009
My Tribute: My son died on his 18 th birthday of an overdose. I was the fortunate mother who found him, unresponsive, but was not able to breathe life back into him. He was so talented and loving. We have grieved for 6 years and sadly the pain has not lessened. As my friend says, it is the softening of the hardest pain.

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