Gone but Not Forgotten

Remembering a few of our friends and neighbors who died in 2017...

Bonnie DeWitt...



Rita Lasar...



Kenny Kendra...


[Photo via Facebook]

Toyo Tsuchiya...


[Image via Facebook]

Magdalena Wassiltschuk...



Elizabeth Lee...



Richard Hambleton ...



Erin O’Connor...


[Photo by Steven]

Diane Maguire...



Kelly Hurley...


[Photo via Facebook]

Bianca Bennett...


[Photo by Derek Berg]

Neftaly Ramirez...



David Peel...


[Photo in Tompkins Square Park in 2010 by Shirley Dluginski]

Eddie Hunt...



Guilherme Barreto...


[Image via Facebook]

Chester Kawalec...



Glenn O'Brien...


[Image via glenn.obrien.com]

Edouard Menuau...


[Photo by Steven]

Kate Millett...


[Image via PBS]

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Longtime East Village resident Adam Alexander died before the December holidays ... I will do a post when more details are available...


[Photo by Steve Salmieri via Facebook]

[Updated] Gone but not forgotten

Remembering a few of our friends and neighbors who died in 2013...

Butch Morris, innovative jazz musician and conductor



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Alan Shenker, aka Yossarian/Yo, legendary figure in the underground comics world

[Photo by Patrick Rosenkranz]

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Saul Leiter, acclaimed street photographer


[Image via]

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Joel Pakela aka LES Jewels, "gutter pirate," poet


[Photo via MoRUS]

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Cesar Monico, longtime employee of Stromboli Pizza, father of three


[Photo by EVG reader Aizaz]

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Walter De Maria, noted sculptor, musician


[Photo by Patrick Rogers]

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Taylor Mead, "the quintessential Downtown figure"


[Photo from 1979, © Deborah Feingold/Corbis]

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Joey McGibbon, longtime East Village resident, "gentle spirit"

[Photo by James Maher]

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Walter Seda, happy hour aficionado


[Photo by Tim Finn]

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Arpad Miklos, gay porn superstar

[Image via Pitchfork]

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John Blanco, popular bouncer at Croxley Ales,


[Photo by Stacie Joy]

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Arturo Vega, artist, "the fifth Ramone"


[Photo by Curt Hoppe from March 2013]