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To Westport: The Town Tracy Sugarman Loved

(Editor’s note: The journalist wife of longtime Westporter Tracy Sugarman, the indefatigable and nationally recognized illustrator, writer and civil rights activist, who died Jan. 20 at the age of 91, offers this Valentine’s Day bouquet in words to the people of the town he loved.)

By Gloria Cole Sugarman

Tracy Sugarman with his wife, Gloria, at the 2011 Westport Memorial Day ceremony. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Helen Klisser During for WestportNow.com

The cascade of accolades, admiration and affection as well as the eloquent, touching private and public tributes to Tracy Sugarman keep coming.

It is gratifying to know how beloved he was, as if everyone knew him personally. Even you who knew him personally may not realize that he was the same person privately and publicly. There were no sides to him. He was entirely as he was perceived.

You may also enjoy knowing that he was a jock who played varsity lacrosse at Syracuse. He was also an avid sports fan who would watch a game all by himself. I only knew it was either the Jets, the Mets, or the Nets, and I only knew that because they rhymed—and he would laugh out loud, cheer, groan, talk to the screen and then recount in vivid detail the best plays.

He was an eternal optimist who could find the most obscure good in what most people thought was not. He even thought President Obama won the first debate, but then said, “He was wonderful, but he’ll do better next time.”

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