My wife died in our Manhattan home. Moving out felt like losing her again.0

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• September 2, 2026

My wife of 26 years died on April 3, 2021, in our home on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. She was 51. With my arms wrapped around her and my head lying on her chest, listening to her heart take its last beat, I could feel my heart stop at the same time. I