In alengthy Facebook post, the actor and comedian expressed a combination of grief, gratitude, and perseverance.

Its awful, but its not fatal, Oswalt began.

Thats the dispatch Im sending back from exactly one year into this shadow-slog.

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I couldnt bear removing it since April 21st, 2016, he wrote.

But now it felt obscene.

I was inviting more darkness.

But its not fatal.

Oswalt revealed in February that McNamaradied froma combination of prescription medications and an undiagnosed heart condition.

Those are for when Alice and I have something exciting to say to her.

No candle lighting or balloon launching.

So why light a flame that will die, or release a balloon that will disappear?

Michelles gone but she wasnt the kind of soul that disappears or dies out.

Read Oswalts full post below.