Lee😞

 

Late News

It is with much sadness that I share with you the awful news that veteran blog commentator “ Lee” died very suddenly on Monday afternoon ( New York time) 

Her cousin emailed me this afternoon with the news and I am honoured to be included in the list of “to be told” people , listed on Lee’s desk in her 5th Avenue apartment

Lee wasn’t her real name , and so I have been asked by her relatives not to disclose any further personal information about her, a fact I will honour but lee was the name of her long term partner who died back in 2005, and whom she missed every day of her life.

I shared with Lee’s cousin her constant need to fight my blog battles for me , and they immediately wrote back that a “battling nature” was  a constant in Lee‘s life. 

They told me, that once Lee had witnessed an Asian shopkeeper being racially abused in a store off 2nd avenue , at 71 she had hurled cans of coke and beer at the abuser until they backed off, waiting as a bodyguard until the police arrived.

I remember her championing every troll attacked blog , with a potty mouth and acid humour. She was loyal and sweet and we emailed each other regularly, with silly stories and mutual support amid periods of loneliness and bouts of ill health. 

I so wanted to share a dirty martini with her at Docks on Third Avenue

But alas I never have

Her family has requesting anonymity but have agreed to send me a photo of her as long as I don’t publish it. 

I will treasure it when it arrives 

Lee was a supporter of many New York charities including the mental health charity The Jewish Board which is a leading social services agency charity for the city

She will be missed for sure 

Hey ho 😥🌈