First Time Someone Close To You Died

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What was the first time you ever experienced someone you loved dying? How did you deal with this, did you grieve in a healthy way or an unhealthy way? Did you accept it right away or did it take time to really sink in? Just recently, at 19 years old I experienced the first death of someone I was close with. She lived right across from my grandmother in their apartment and I saw her almost every single time I visited my grandmother, I loved her and she was very special to me. I think I'm dealing with it pretty well, I couldn't make the funeral though because my parents had to work and its over 3 hours to New York where she lived and where the wake/funeral was. I think that might have given me more closure because I keep forgetting when I go see my grandmother that I can't see her, and her dog who I also love very much. I'm seeing my grandmother today, me and my dad are driving there in a few hours. I think it might sink in a little harder then when I don't get to see her. Tell me what your first experience was like losing someone you loved.