I am so sorry for your loss...my uncle and aunt had an African grey parrot for at least 30 yrs....but "Thacker" was definitely my uncle's bird...he even talked in my uncle's voice...lol...when my uncle passed away, poor Thacker started to lose all of his feathers around his neck...the vet said he was pulling them out due to the stress of losing my uncle...well, Thacker hung in there, but then a few years later, my aunt at 89 yrs.young passed away, and it seemed that poor Thacker just couldn't take losing them both...it's amazing how much our pets love us...Naomi