Friday, January 3, 2014

[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]
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2 comments:

  1. chris flashJanuary 3, 2014 at 2:19 PM

    So sorry to hear about the death of Yossarian. If we'd known he was in the neighborhood all these years, we'd have LOVED to have him do stuff with The SHADOW.

    His stuff was GREAT and he was always RIGHT ON....

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  2. GP OlsonJanuary 4, 2014 at 9:53 AM

    RIP to Austin John Marshall, Artist who painted a number of gates for bars, also the side of the Lower East Side People's Credit Union on Avenue B, a fixture of the neighborhood for 30 years.

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