Pat Koch Thaler, Sister to a Famed Mayor, Chose to Die on a Saturday
The New York Times
Ms. Thaler, a former dean at N.Y.U., used her last interview to reminisce about her brother, Ed, and to publicize the alternatives to prolonging pain and suffering.
After writing obituaries for a decade, I received a phone call on Tuesday, Nov. 12, that began routinely enough.
Name of subject?
“Pat Koch Thaler” — the sister of the former New York City mayor Edward I. Koch, his sounding board and a former dean at New York University.
Day of death? “Saturday.”
The 9th, right?
The answer spooked me: “No, the 16th. And she wants to speak with you first.”
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