Childhood and Family Background

• 👶 Kurt Braunohler was born in Michigan but grew up in Asbury Park, New Jersey, raised by a single mother who was a pediatric nurse.
• 👨‍⚕️ His father, a surgeon, had a significant wealth disparity with his mother and has seven other children from four different marriages.
• 🏥 As a child, Kurt would sometimes accompany his mother to work at the hospital, even delivering blood samples and accidentally wandering into the morgue.

Mother's Cancer Diagnosis and Passing

• 💔 In October 2015, Kurt's mother was diagnosed with a rare bile duct liver cancer, stage four, at age 71 or 72.
• 😔 The diagnosis deeply affected her, as she was a nurse who understood the prognosis, and she became sad and withdrawn, a stark contrast to her usual high-energy personality.
• 🏠 Kurt moved back to New Jersey to be with his mother and her second husband, navigating a difficult dynamic with his stepfather.
• 🎗️ Towards the end of her life, his mother expressed a desire to