history: I found out a friend of mine from high school passed away. I found out that a friend of mine from high school passed away recently. I'm sorry to hear that_comma_ are you alright?
current: Yeah, I'm doing okay. It hit pretty hard because we were pretty close back then, but had drifted apart the last few years. I wish I hadd taken the time to do more with him.
next: That's understandable, life goes so fast that it's easy to lose touch with people you care about. All I can do is try to limit that occurrence.