C M Y K Yxxx,2020-05-24,A,001,Bs-4C,E1 National Edition Variably cloudy with showers or thunderstorms. Highs in the 80s, but cooler along the immediate lake- shore. Remaining mild and humid overnight. Weather map, Page 20. VOL. CLXIX . ...No. 58,703 © 2020 The New York Times Company SUNDAY, MAY 24, 2020 Printed in Chicago $6.00 U.S. DEATHS NEAR 100,000, AN INCALCULABLE LOSS medium • Roger Lehne, 93, Fargo, singer with a cult following • Robert City, first black woman to graduate • Yaakov Perlow, 89, New York City, everything • Denise Camille Buczek, They Were Not Simply N.D., could be a real jokester • Mi- H. Westphal, 75, Fond du Lac, Wis., from Harvard Law School • Vincent leader of the Novominsker Hasidic dy- 72, Bristol, Conn., loved writing birth- chael Sorkin, 71, New York City, cham- statesman in the construction indus- Lionti, 60, New York City, Met Opera nasty • Joseph F. Kelly, 81, New York day and holiday cards, poems and lists Names on a List. pion of social justice through architec- try • Clair Dunlap, 89, Washington, pi- violist and youth orchestra conductor City, did two tours through the Pana- • Charles Constantino, 86, Menlo Park, ture • George Valentine, 66, Washing- lot still teaching people to fly at 88 • • Ann Youngerman Smoler, 87, New ma Canal to Antarctica • John Prine, N.J., worked 40 years for The New They Were Us. ton, D.C., lawyer who mentored oth- Marylou Armer, 43, Sonoma Valley, Ca- York City, had a passion for social jus- 73, Nashville, country-folk singer who York Times • Ben Doherty, 83, Bos- ers • Susan McPherson Gottsegen, 74, lif., veteran police detective • Regina tice • Thomas Waters, 56, New York was a favorite of Bob Dylan • Perry ton, stockbroker who founded Doherty Palm Beach, Fla., loyal and generous D. Cullen, 81, Shrewsbury, Mass., small City, armed the affordable housing Buchalter, 63, Florida, quiet hero • Financial Services • John Horton Con- friend to many • Andreas Koutsouda- in stature but strong in spirit • San- movement with data and analysis • Monica Maley, 74, Rehoboth Beach, way, 82, New Brunswick, N.J., math- Numbers alone cannot possibly kis, 59, New York City, trailblazer for dra Santos-Vizcaino, 54, New York City, Luke Workoff, 33, Huntington, N.Y., his Del., loved animals, had dogs and cats, ematician known as the “magical ge- measure the impact of the coro- TriBeCa • Bob Barnum, 64, St. Peters- beloved public school teacher • Frank relentless passion was for his family and rode horses • Thomas Tarbell Rus- nius” • Stanley Chera, 77, New York navirus on America, whether it is burg, Fla., leader in Florida Pride Gabrin, 60, New York City, emergen- and friends • José Díaz- Ayala, 38, sell, 83, Longmeadow, Mass., men- City, developer and friend of the pres- the number of patients treated, events • Noel Sinkiat, 64, Olney, Md., cy room doctor who died in husband’s Palm Beach, Fla., served with the tored by the computer science pioneer ident • Robby Browne, 72, New York jobs interrupted or lives cut short. nurse planning for retirement • Thom- arms • Sterling E. Matthews, 60, Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office for Grace Hopper • Ruth Skapinok, 85, City, Realtor and philanthropist who As the country nears a grim mile- as E. Anglin, 85, Cumming, Ga., creat- Midlothian, Va., cancer survivor who 14 years • Antonio Nieves, 73, Chica- Roseville, Calif., backyard birds were socialized with celebrities • Wynn stone of 100,000 deaths attributed ed many wonderful memories for his served as a deacon • Alby Kass, 89, go, always seemed to be busy with known to eat from her hand • Faralyn Handman, 97, New York City, acting to the virus, The New York Times family • Robert Manley Argo Jr., 75, California, lead singer of a Yiddish folk some home project • Jeanne Ham- Havir, 92, Minnesota, her favorite teacher and a founder of the Ameri- scoured obituaries and death no- South Bay, Calif., member of Del Amo group • Roger Eckart, 78, Indiana, re- mond Byrnes, 97, Danbury, Conn., re- thing was meeting new people • Tor- can Place Theater • Adam Kovacs, 72, tices of those who died. The 1,000 Flyers • Michael McKinnell, 84, Bev- tired firefighter and old-school barber ceived numerous awards for her ac- rin Jamal Howard, 26, Waterbury, New York City, cartoonist and an ex- names here reflect just 1 percent of erly, Mass., architect of Boston’s mon- • Martin Douglas, 71, New York City, counting skills • Alice Coopersmith Conn., gentle giant, athlete and musi- pert on musicals • Peter Brown, 53, the toll. None were mere numbers. umental City Hall • Huguette Dorsey, maestro of a steel-pan band • Daniel Furst, 87, Kentfield, Calif., in the first cian • James O’Brien Johnson, 74, Jo- New Jersey, manager of the S.W. 94, Somerville, N.J., coached several Spector, 68, Memphis, mentor to oth- class of girls admitted to the Bronx plin, Mo., pastor of Mt. Sinai Church Brown & Son Funeral Home • Irene Patricia Dowd, 57, San Jose, Calif., au- championship-winning junior high er Memphis artists • Mary Minervi- High School of Science • Bobby Lee of God in Christ • Joseph W. Hammond, Gasior, 94, Pennsylvania, great-grand- ditor in Silicon Valley • Marion girls basketball teams • Lynne Sier- ni, 91, Oak Lawn, Ill., sign-language Barber, 84, Buckley, Wash., Seahawks 64, Chicago, stopped working to look mother with a flair for pizzelles • Stan- Krueger, 85, Kirkland, Wash., great- ra, 68, Roselle, Ill., grandmother who interpreter • Salomon S. Podgursky, season-ticket holder • Thomas A. Ad- after his aging parents • Morris Loeb, ley L. Morse, 88, Stark County, Ohio, grandmother with an easy laugh • Jer- was always full of ideas • Louvenia 84, New Jersey, loved to figure out how amavich, 78, Sheboygan, Wis., espe- 90, Northbrook, Ill., endlessly curious, trombonist who once turned down an maine Ferro, 77, Lee County, Fla., wife Henderson, 44, Tonawanda, N.Y., things worked • Dale E. Thurman, 65, cially proud of his Lithuanian heritage never really finished • Dante Dennis offer to join Duke Ellington’s orches- with little time to enjoy a new mar- proud single mother of three • Carol Lexington, Ky., tailor known for his ex- • Kyra Swartz, 33, New York, volun- Flagello, 62, Rome, Ga., his greatest tra • Margaret Laughlin, 91, Massa- riage • Cornelius Lawyer, 84, Bellev- Sue Rubin, 69, West Bloomfield, Mich., acting work and strong opinions • El- teered for pet rescue organizations • accomplishment was his relationship chusetts, had a mystic’s direct sense ue, Wash., sharecropper’s son • Lo- loved travel, mahjong and crossword lis Marsalis, 85, New Orleans, jazz pi- Rhoda Hatch, 73, Chicago, first in her with his wife • Tommie Adams, 71, Chi- of wonder and oneness • Cynthia Whit- retta Mendoza Dionisio, 68, Los Ange- puzzles • Marion Lucille Kujda, 92, anist and patriarch of a family of mu- family to graduate college • Regina cago, moved antiques for more than ing, 66, La Plata, Md., retiree deter- les, cancer survivor born in the Phil- Royal Oak, Mich., would use chalk and sicians • Richard Passman, 94, Silver Dix-Parsons, 75, Schenectady, N.Y., 25 years • Myra Helen Robinson, 57, mined to spoil her granddaughter • ippines • Jordan Driver Haynes, 27, oil paints to capture family portraits Spring, Md., rocket engineer in the stalwart church gospel singer • Lak- Detroit, more adept than many knew Steve Joltin, 75, Rockville, Md., I.T. Cedar Rapids, Iowa, generous young • Alice Chavdarian, 92, Michigan, lov- early days of supersonic flight • Da- isha Willis White, 45, Orlando, Fla., was • Roger Mckinney-Wagner, 73, Lowell, manager with “an eye for beautiful man with a delightful grin • Patricia ing, generous and adventurous spirit vid Driskell, 88, Hyattsville, Md., helping to raise some of her dozen Mass., professor at the Salter School and unusual things” • Gerald Glenn, Frieson, 61, Chicago, former nurse • • Bassey Offiong, 25, Michigan, saw champion of African-American art • grandchildren • Barbara Yazbeck • Sean Christian Keville, 47, New Prov- 66, Richmond, Va., police officer Luis Juarez, 54, Romeoville, Ill., trav- friends at their worst but brought out Bucky Pizzarelli, 94, Saddle River, N.J., Vethacke, 74, St. Clair Shores, Mich., idence, N.J., enjoyed talking sports turned pastor • Maclear Jacoby Jr., 93, eled often in the United States and their best • Bobby Joseph Hebert, 81, master of jazz guitar • Tarlach Mac- she was known to many as Babs • with family • John Herman Clomax, Washington, D.C., inspiring math Mexico • Merle C. Dry, 55, Tulsa, Ok- Cut Off, La., a 33-year career with the Niallais, 57, New York City, Belfast- June Beverly Hill, 85, Sacramento, no Jr., 62, Newark, one of the few African- teacher • Doris Mae Burkhart Kale, la., ordained minister • Alan Lund, 81, Louisiana Department of Transporta- born fighter for L.B.G.T. and disabili- one made creamed potatoes or fried American corporate bond traders on 98, Pennsylvania, excelled in the kitch- Washington, conductor with “the most tion • Minette Goff Cooper, 79, Loui- ty rights • Antonio Checo, 67, New sweet corn the way she did • Kimar- Wall Street • José Torres, 73, New York en • Josephine Posnanski, 98, New amazing ear” • Black N Mild, 44, New siana, loved big and told people she York City, social worker • Albert Pet- lee Nguyen, 33, Everett, Mass., writer City, restaurateur favored by salsa mu- Jersey, loved to dance • Albert Stokes Orleans, bounce D.J. and radio per- loved them all the time • Jessica Be- rocelli, 73, New York City, fire chief who inspired her Brooklyn high school sic’s stars • Stuart Cohen, 73, New Sr., 75, Chicago, retired preacher • Phil sonality • Michael Mika, 73, Chicago, atriz Cortez, 32, Los Angeles, immi- who answered the call on 9/11 • Ad- students • Kamal Ahmed, 69, New York York City, Brooklyn cabbie who found Langley, 83, Frankfort, Ill., member of Vietnam veteran • John Cofrancesco, grated to the United States three years am Schlesinger, 52, Poughkeepsie, City, hotel banquet worker and Ban- a home in Buddhism • John A.