As a columnist for The Daily News, he wrote passionately about the issues facing immigrants and lobbied for the U.S. to lift its trade embargo of his native Cuba. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Deaths (Obituaries)”
Reggie Jones, Jones Beach’s Longest-Serving Lifeguard, Dies at 93
By Gotham Rex on February 14, 2021
He began keeping an eye on beachgoers in 1944 and kept doing it for 64 summers. He made more than 1,000 ocean rescues in his career. Source: New York Times
Brenda Ballin, Who Enlivened Tours of the Met Museum, Dies at 91
By Gotham Rex on February 12, 2021
She was a guide at the museum for decades, bringing both knowledge and humor to the task. She died of complications of Covid-19. Source: New York Times
Leslie Robertson, Who Engineered the World Trade Center, Dies at 92
By Gotham Rex on February 11, 2021
He remained proud of the towers, which stood long enough for thousands to escape on 9/11, but carried with him “a troubled heart.” Source: New York Times
Lourdes Rivera, Private High School’s Beating Heart, Dies at 68
By Gotham Rex on February 9, 2021
Ms. Rivera was Columbia Prep’s receptionist, and emanated empathy, tough love and comfort to students, faculty and parents alike at the New York City school. She died of complications of Covid-19. Source: New York Times
Joe Allen, Theater District Restaurateur, Is Dead at 87
By Gotham Rex on February 8, 2021
His restaurant Joe Allen and another he opened next door, Orso, have been popular hangouts for celebrities and celebrity-watchers and the flagships of an international empire. Source: New York Times
Cindy Nemser, Advocate for Women Artists, Is Dead at 83
By Gotham Rex on February 7, 2021
In the 1970s she called out chauvinism and pushed back against the marginalization of women in the art world, in part by helping to create The Feminist Art Journal. Source: New York Times
Naomi Levine, Lawyer Who Transformed a University, Dies at 97
By Gotham Rex on February 7, 2021
She thrived in a profession where she found herself mostly surrounded by men, taking on leadership roles and helping turn N.Y.U. into a top-tier institution. Source: New York Times
Richard Feigen, Gallerist and Champion of Art, Dies at 90
By Gotham Rex on February 3, 2021
He brought a hard-driving style to the showing and selling of art in New York and beyond. He died of Covid-19. Source: New York Times
Ricky Powell, 59, Dies; Chronicled Early Hip-Hop and Downtown New York
By Gotham Rex on February 2, 2021
Prolific with his point-and-shoot camera, he captured essential images of the Beastie Boys, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Run-DMC, Andy Warhol and more. Source: New York Times
Barry Lewis, Beloved Guide to New York City, Dies at 75
By Gotham Rex on February 2, 2021
His walking tours of the city’s neighborhoods made Mr. Lewis, an architectural historian, a local celebrity with a star spot on a PBS series. Source: New York Times
Andrew Brooks, Who Developed a Covid Spit Test, Dies at 51
By Gotham Rex on January 31, 2021
His breakthrough helped millions get their results quickly in the early days of the pandemic, when tests were scarce and lines were long. Source: New York Times
Joseph Sonnabend, Early Force in Fight Against AIDS, Dies at 88
By Gotham Rex on January 30, 2021
At the epicenter of the epidemic in New York City, he was a pioneer researcher who, as a clinician, also made house calls. Source: New York Times
Sylvia Lieber, Creative Kindergarten Teacher, Dies at 102
By Gotham Rex on January 30, 2021
She gave 5- and 6-year-olds an early introduction to classical music and museum art — and taught them where milk comes from. She died of complications of Covid-19., Source: New York Times
Sharon Kay Penman, Whose Novels Plumbed Britain’s Past, Dies at 75
By Gotham Rex on January 29, 2021
The author of best-selling books set in medieval England and Wales, she insisted that historical fiction had an obligation to the facts. Source: New York Times