Cody Walker will soon be older than his older brother.
In the more than a decade since Paul Walker’s tragic passing in 2013, Cody—who was 15 years his brother’s junior—has grappled with the knowledge he will soon reach, and one day surpass, the age Paul was at the time of his death.
“Paul passed away way too young, at 40 years old,” Cody told E! News’ Francesca Amiker. “Every single year I get closer to 40, it just bums me out. It’s weird to say that I’m 36, I’m going to be 37. And I feel like every year beyond 40 is going to be like, ‘He should have had this. Here’s another year Paul should have had.’”
It’s a kind of survivor’s guilt, the FuelFest co-founder acknowledged.
“It’s the guilt for getting there,” he explained, the “there” being his fourth decade. “The guilt is like, why? Why do some people get taken from us, and others stick around that you know shouldn’t? It’s just the damnedest thing. It’s not fair.”
