He has been a family friend for a long time.

He was a family friend and knew my parents from a long time back.

She had to leave her only son in the care of family friends.

She married a family friend at the age of 38.

You didn't happen to have any old family friends in high places.

On the night stand, a photo of a family friend who was killed after a fight a few months ago.

He died of a heart attack, a family friend said.

By the time they went off to the hospital, he felt like an old family friend.

Since that time he has been in the care of a family friend.

The cause was a heart attack, a family friend said.