Shocking day

I was being woke up by a sms from my good friend. Details of the sms is that her younger brother had passed away yesterday.
I got a shocked and it wake me up immediately. It saddened me a lot cos I saw him grow up from a kid to a young man. He is only 22-23 this year.
What happen exactly I'm not sure also. But it's not a sucide case. What I know from my friend is that, he feels feverish yesterday and had plan to visit the doctor today. However, when my friend got home yesterday, she found him dead on his bed. My heart sunk, I feel so sad. How is the sister and the mother going to cope?
Another thing that make me sad is that I couldn't attend the wake as I'm giving birth soon. My mother and hubby will be representing me instead. I hope that my friend understand. I will meet up with her after the wake.
Rest in peace, my friend...