U.S. Deaths Near 100,000, an Incalculable Loss
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C M Y K Nxxx,2020-05-24,A,001,Bs-4C,E2 Late Edition Today, morning clouds giving way to sunshine by the afternoon, high 65. Tonight, cloudy, low 54. Tomorrow, clouds giving way to sunshine, high 70. Weather map is on Page 23. VOL. CLXIX ... No. 58,703 © 2020 The New York Times Company NEW YORK, SUNDAY, MAY 24, 2020 $6.00 U.S. DEATHS NEAR 100,000, AN INCALCULABLE LOSS real jokester • Michael Sorkin, 71, New jazz trumpet virtuoso • Cristina, 64, Bailargeon, 72, Dennisport, Mass., true spirit • Jack Butler, 78, Indiana, lived II, 69, Fremont, Ohio, known through- They Were Not Simply York City, champion of social justice New York City, downtown New York outdoorsman • Viraf Darukhanawal- in the house he grew up in • Susan out Ohio for his knowledge of local his- through architecture • George Valen- singer with a cult following • Robert la, 77, Hoffman Estates, Ill., worker at Grey Hopp Crofoot, 97, Westwood, N.J., tory • Harley E. Acker, 79, Troupsburg, Names on a List. tine, 66, Washington, D.C., lawyer who H. Westphal, 75, Fond du Lac, Wis., O’Hare International Airport • Ches- took great joy in writing little ditties N.Y., discovered his true calling when mentored others • James Quigley, 77, statesman in the construction indus- ter Dwulet, 68, Burlington, Mass., under her pen name, Penelope Pen- he started driving a school bus • Ar- They Were Us. Chicago, rebel of the family • Sherman try • Clair Dunlap, 89, Washington, pi- proud Union Ironworker of Local 7 for wiper • James David Gewirtzman, 72, lola Rawls, 81, Chicago, caretaker of Pittman, 61, Chicago, dedicated his life lot still teaching people to fly at 88 • 45 years • John Timothy Barr, 76, New City, N.Y., spent some of his hap- her neighborhood • Roger Liddell, 65, to his church and his neighborhood • Marylou Armer, 43, Sonoma Valley, Ca- Rochester Hills, Mich., trustee for the piest hours hiking in the Adirondacks Flint, Mich., brought smiles to every- Susan McPherson Gottsegen, 74, Palm lif., veteran police detective • Regina Retired Detroit Police and Firefight- • Henry F. Graff, 98, Greenwich, Conn., one he interacted with • Luther Cole- Numbers alone cannot possibly Beach, Fla., loyal and generous friend D. Cullen, 81, Shrewsbury, Mass., small ers Association • Julie Butler, 62, New Columbia University historian of U.S. man, 108, Evergreen Park, Ill., man measure the impact of the coro- to many • Andreas Koutsoudakis, 59, in stature but strong in spirit • San- York City, veterinarian who served presidents • Mari Jo Davitto, 82, who seemed to know everything • De- navirus on America, whether it is New York City, trailblazer for TriBe- dra Santos-Vizcaino, 54, New York City, Harlem • Lila A. Fenwick, 87, New Thornton, Ill., people were her hobby nise Camille Buczek, 72, Bristol, Conn., the number of patients treated, Ca • Bob Barnum, 64, St. Petersburg, beloved public school teacher • Frank York City, first black woman to grad- • Yaakov Perlow, 89, New York City, loved writing birthday and holiday jobs interrupted or lives cut short. Fla., leader in Florida Pride events • Gabrin, 60, New York City, emergen- uate from Harvard Law School • Vin- leader of the Novominsker Hasidic dy- cards, poems and lists • Charles Con- As the country nears a grim mile- Noel Sinkiat, 64, Olney, Md., nurse cy room doctor who died in husband’s cent Lionti, 60, New York City, Met Op- nasty • Joseph F. Kelly, 81, New York stantino, 86, Menlo Park, N.J., worked stone of 100,000 deaths attributed planning for retirement • Thomas E. arms • Sterling E. Matthews, 60, era violist and youth orchestra con- City, did two tours through the Pana- 40 years for The New York Times • to the virus, The New York Times Anglin, 85, Cumming, Ga., created ma- Midlothian, Va., cancer survivor who ductor • Ann Youngerman Smoler, 87, ma Canal to Antarctica • John Prine, Ben Doherty, 83, Boston, stockbroker scoured obituaries and death no- ny wonderful memories for his fami- served as a deacon • Alby Kass, 89, New York City, had a passion for so- 73, Nashville, country-folk singer who who founded Doherty Financial Ser- tices of the victims. The 1,000 peo- ly • Robert Manley Argo Jr., 75, South California, lead singer of a Yiddish folk cial justice • Thomas Waters, 56, New was a favorite of Bob Dylan • Perry vices • John Horton Conway, 82, New ple here reflect just 1 percent of the Bay, Calif., member of Del Amo Fly- group • Roger Eckart, 78, Indiana, re- York City, armed the affordable hous- Buchalter, 63, Florida, quiet hero • Brunswick, N.J., mathematician toll. None were mere numbers. ers • Michael McKinnell, 84, Beverly, tired firefighter and old-school barber ing movement with data and analysis Monica Maley, 74, Rehoboth Beach, known as the “magical genius” • Stan- Mass., architect of Boston’s monumen- • Martin Douglas, 71, New York City, • Luke Workoff, 33, Huntington, N.Y., Del., loved animals, had dogs and cats, ley Chera, 77, New York City, develop- Patricia Dowd, 57, San Jose, Calif., au- tal City Hall • Huguette Dorsey, 94, maestro of a steel-pan band • Daniel his relentless passion was for his fam- and rode horses • Thomas Tarbell Rus- er and friend of the president • Rob- ditor in Silicon Valley • Marion Somerville, N.J., coached several Spector, 68, Memphis, mentor to oth- ily and friends • José Díaz- Ayala, 38, sell, 83, Longmeadow, Mass., men- by Browne, 72, New York City, Realtor Krueger, 85, Kirkland, Wash., great- championship-winning junior high er Memphis artists • Mary Minervini, Palm Beach, Fla., served with the tored by the computer science pioneer and philanthropist who socialized with grandmother with an easy laugh • girls basketball teams • Lynne Sier- 91, Oak Lawn, Ill., sign-language in- Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office for Grace Hopper • Ruth Skapinok, 85, celebrities • Wynn Handman, 97, New Jermaine Ferro, 77, Lee County, Fla., ra, 68, Roselle, Ill., grandmother who terpreter • Salomon S. Podgursky, 84, 14 years • Antonio Nieves, 73, Chica- Roseville, Calif., backyard birds were York City, acting teacher and a found- wife with little time to enjoy a new was always full of ideas • Louvenia Morristown, N.J., loved to figure out go, always seemed to be busy with known to eat from her hand • Faralyn er of the American Place Theater • marriage • Cornelius Lawyer, 84, Bel- Henderson, 44, Tonawanda, N.Y., how things worked • Dale E. Thur- some home project • Jeanne Ham- Havir, 92, Minnesota, her favorite Adam Kovacs, 72, New York City, car- levue, Wash., sharecropper’s son • Lo- proud single mother of three • Carol man, 65, Lexington, Ky., tailor known mond Byrnes, 97, Danbury, Conn., re- thing was meeting new people • Tor- toonist and an expert on musicals • retta Mendoza Dionisio, 68, Los Ange- Sue Rubin, 69, West Bloomfield, Mich., for his exacting work and strong opin- ceived numerous awards for her ac- rin Jamal Howard, 26, Waterbury, Peter Brown, 53, New Jersey, manag- les, cancer survivor born in the Phil- loved travel, mahjong and crossword ions • Ellis Marsalis, 85, New Orleans, counting skills • Alice Coopersmith Conn., gentle giant, athlete and musi- er of the S.W. Brown & Son Funeral ippines • Patricia Frieson, 61, Chica- puzzles • Marion Lucille Kujda, 92, jazz pianist and patriarch of a family Furst, 87, Kentfield, Calif., in the first cian • James O’Brien Johnson, 74, Jo- Home • Irene Gasior, 94, Pennsylva- go, former nurse • Luis Juarez, 54, Royal Oak, Mich., would use chalk and of musicians • Richard Passman, 94, class of girls admitted to the Bronx plin, Mo., pastor of Mt. Sinai Church nia, great-grandmother with a flair for Romeoville, Ill., traveled often in the oil paints to capture family portraits Silver Spring, Md., rocket engineer in High School of Science • Bobby Lee of God in Christ • Joseph W. Ham- pizzelles • Stanley L. Morse, 88, Stark United States and Mexico • Merle C. • Alice Chavdarian, 92, Michigan, lov- the early days of supersonic flight • Barber, 84, Buckley, Wash., Seahawks mond, 64, Chicago, stopped working County, Ohio, trombonist who once Dry, 55, Tulsa, Okla., ordained minis- ing, generous and adventurous spirit David Driskell, 88, Hyattsville, Md., season-ticket holder • Thomas A. Ad- to look after his aging parents • Mor- turned down an offer to join Duke El- ter • Alan Lund, 81, Washington, con- • Bassey Offiong, 25, Michigan, saw champion of African-American art • amavich, 78, Sheboygan, Wis., espe- ris Loeb, 90, Northbrook, Ill., endless- lington’s orchestra • Margaret Laugh- ductor with “the most amazing ear” • friends at their worst but brought out Bucky Pizzarelli, 94, Saddle River, N.J., cially proud of his Lithuanian heritage ly curious, never really finished • lin, 91, Massachusetts, had a mystic’s Black N Mild, 44, New Orleans, bounce their best • Bobby Joseph Hebert, 81, master of jazz guitar • Tarlach Mac- • Kyra Swartz, 33, New York, volun- Dante Dennis Flagello, 62, Rome, Ga., direct sense of wonder and oneness • D.J. and radio personality • Michael Cut Off, La., a 33-year career with the Niallais, 57, New York City, Belfast- teered for pet rescue organizations • his greatest accomplishment was his Cynthia Whiting, 66, La Plata, Md., re- Mika, 73, Chicago, Vietnam veteran • Louisiana Department of Transporta- born fighter for L.B.G.T. and disabili- Rhoda Hatch, 73, Chicago, first in her relationship with his wife • Tommie tiree determined to spoil her grand- John Cofrancesco, 52, New Jersey, ad- tion • Minette Goff Cooper, 79, Louisi- ty rights • Antonio Checo, 67, New family to graduate college • Regina Adams, 71, Chicago, moved antiques daughter • Steve Joltin, 75, Rockville, ministrator at a nursing facility • Don- ana, loved big and told people she York City, social worker • Albert Pet- Dix-Parsons, 75, Schenectady, N.Y., for more than 25 years • Myra Helen Md., I.T.