Since the summer, Thomas has had to face a series of family tragedies and health issues.

The pressure of this family tragedy is a great weight.

A father and two brothers gathered together at a time of family tragedy.

"I remember it like yesterday," she said about the day of the family tragedy.

She was just emerging from a family tragedy: in 1996, her 11-year-old daughter had died of cancer.

Indeed, she is the dead Congressman's daughter, who was taken in by relatives after the family tragedy.

There was further family tragedy with Owen's death in an air crash.

But his early life was overshadowed by a family tragedy.

One does not like to air one's family tragedies for all to know.

In addition, his life was touched repeatedly by family tragedy.