Legacy Matters

Dying Alone

On Long Island, Vincenzo Ricardo was dead for more than a year before his body discovered.

Mummified body found in front of blaring TV

Imagine the loneliness of that man, lying dead and forgotten.  Apparently he was diabetic, blind for many years, and without friends or family who cared enough to inquire after his health and well-being.

R.I.P. Vincenzo Ricardo.

Mark Gordon asks What if No One Cared About You?  and tells the sad story of an old woman who dressed every day in her very best waiting for her son who never came.    All the nursing home attendants could say as they took her back to her room each night was perhaps she had her days mixed up.