RE: “A community photographer, mentor, and friend” [Editorial, April 3]:
This is a lovely and thoughtful tribute. Even Roger Katz, who liked to be under the radar, would have approved of it, though I believe I can see him blushing - something that didn't happen that often, as far as I knew, over the last 35 years.
This gentle soul of a man will be greatly missed by so many people. He touched lots of lives in varying ways, all beautiful.
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