I was told today that my SO's Mutti has passed away. [View All]

His mom told me a couple of hours after he left for work. He loves his great gramma so much, and I know he will be heartbroken. Everyone has expected this for awhile now, and of course that doesn't make it the slightest bit easier. I've only talked to her once for a short period on the phone, I don't even know her name. But knowing how much my SO loves her, and all the good things I've heard about her, all the stories... I cried when his mom told me. my SO had such a shitty childhood living with his father and almost all of his good childhood memories come from being around his mother, Oma, and Mutti. Those 3 beautiful souls made him the person he is today.
I don't know how to tell him. I am just so glad that it was peaceful and painless. And I know there is no easy way to tell him, no matter how I put it, it won't save him from the heartache.

I've never had to tell somebody anything like this. If it were anybody else, this would be so much easier. But he is my other half, and I just don't know how to do this.