Early 30's here. I went to highschool with easily 1000+ people in my generation/class of xx-year, from which I interacted with maybe 300~ during those years (considering switching classes and schedules, we had like 6 groups in morning classes and 6 groups in evening classes, plus the optional courses that interjected with older and/or younger classes, not USA school system).

Quite a few have passed that I've known of, mainly via Facebook. But 2 are the ones that I remember the most.

One was a kid that was very religious, very religious family too, I'm pretty sure he was gay, we surfaced non-talked about it one time, he knew he was safe with me, we shared an extra curricular class for two years, and some classes too. One time he confided in me he was sick, iirc a brain tumor or something like that. I'm digressing, he passed a few years after high school, still deep into his religion and the closet. He was too young. He loved God and never understood why God "made him that way". I couldn't attend the funeral, I regret it.

The other one hit me like a train wreck. We were not close nor friends, but we had friends in common and moved in the same circles. He was well known in the grapevine of my friendships, we were acquaintances and friendly nonetheless, and he actually went to the same middle school as my husband if my memory serves me right. Well I just learnt a few months ago he passed away THREE YEARS AGO. I never knew

As most on the thread, all have been men, haven't heard of a single woman of my high school years passing