The comedian who died was problematic but also got me through my darkest years and I do not know how to grieve someone so complicated
More people experience this than they realize.
Love and disappointment can coexist in death as they did in life, requiring us to grieve both the person and our complicated feelings about them.
“Where Are You with Collective grief — mourning public figures and tragedies?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.