I always used to think that when someone was referred to as "late", it meant that they had just died in the past year
A childhood belief about people

others believed things like this
- As a kid, I thought "No Outlet" signs meant the houses past that point didn't have any electrical outlets.— Julie
- I believed that those who died would be resurrected a year later.— crow
- My wife thought she was Elvis mother when she was 4. It was 1977 the same year he died. — sister vanilla
- I used to believe that everytime a balloon was released , it meant that a child had recently died.— Samantha
- As an artist, i used to believe that my drawings were visions of my past life.(i had a good past life)— Blind dreamer
- Until I was about 11 or 12 I thought that "prostitute" referred to a female criminal.Anon