Definition of tragedy

For some reason, I started looking up definitions of words since I heard Lloyd Carr's speech at his grandson's funeral. He gave the definition of heartbreaking, which is "crushing grief". That sounds about right. I looked up the word "devastating" and included it in the post about the letters to Gift of Life.
   I then decided to look up the word "tragedy", for obvious reasons. Here it is: "an event causing great suffering, destruction, and distress, such as a serious accident, crime or natural catastrophe." Here is another one: "A very bad event that causes great sadness and often involves someone's death; a very sad, unfortunate, or upsetting situation; something that causes strong feelings of sadness or regret." Yup.