tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post6230664811276091063..comments2024-03-26T11:07:03.496-04:00Comments on Ed Notes Online: Staten Island Advance: Gene Prisco, liberal lion of Staten Island, educator, and activist for the disenfranchised, dies at 70ed notes onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15018047869059226777noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-90283032008854719542013-11-28T22:13:19.647-05:002013-11-28T22:13:19.647-05:00Gene was a massive jazz expert -- when I put rock ...Gene was a massive jazz expert -- when I put rock on he cringed. When I was over there last week I asked if he had been listening to jazz and the fact he hadn't was a dire sign. His situation was just too difficult. When we can tell the full medical story the series of bad luck events that took him from "you'll be out and about in a week" to death's door a basically 6-8 weeks will just make this very sad story even worse. I'll pass on your note to Loretta.ed notes onlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15018047869059226777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-5234962518805246942013-11-28T08:38:22.230-05:002013-11-28T08:38:22.230-05:00I didn't know about his love of jazz. Josh jus...I didn't know about his love of jazz. Josh just put on Jazz Soul of Oscar Peterson right now and we are dedicating it to Gene. I'm so sad to hear the news. Much love to the Prisco family.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18001742721953247639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-12398824489916431232013-11-28T07:42:49.087-05:002013-11-28T07:42:49.087-05:00This news is so shocking, it feels a part of the c...This news is so shocking, it feels a part of the community has just dropped out. The few words I write here are only to say that even if we rarely cross paths these days, the magnitude of your loss effects me very deeply.<br />Julie W.Julie W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16124019511637117968noreply@blogger.com