One grandparent died when I was 2 and the rest died from when I was 15- 32. I felt sad, but when my father died when I was 33, it was like a kick in the balls. Losing a parent is a lot worse than a grandparent, especially when they were younger like my dad (he was 60). my mom is 82 and she has the outlook that she'll probably go in the next several years, although she is relatively healthy. She doesn't want to last to 100.