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NYC Activist Harry Wieder Dead at 57

Harry Wieder, the New York LGBT activist and self-described “disabled, gay, Jewish, leftist, middle aged dwarf who ambulates with crutches,” died last night when a taxi cab struck him while he was crossing the street after leaving a community board meeting. He was 57. Michael Peterelis, an activist friend of Wieder’s from their ACT UP days, offers this heartfelt obituary. [Gothamist, NYP]

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On: Apr 28, 2010
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No. 1 · Mike L.
May he rest in peace.

Apr 28, 2010 at 11:10 pm · @Reply · Flag
No. 2 · AlwaysGay
Very sad. RIP

Apr 28, 2010 at 11:24 pm · @Reply · Flag
No. 3 · scott ny'er
that’s terrible. crossing streets in NYC is a dangerous thing to do and people forget that. those drivers are crazy.

Apr 29, 2010 at 12:02 am · @Reply · Flag
No. 4 · Mike in PA
May Harry W. have a special place in heaven. Peace and happiness to you forever.

Mike

“Use just half the hate energy to try to understand others, and the world could be a helpful wonderful place” My Dream – Mike

Apr 29, 2010 at 11:02 am · @Reply · Flag
No. 5 · PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS · Member · 1696 comments
Little man, Big life……..*sad*

Apr 29, 2010 at 12:11 pm · @Reply · Flag
No. 6 · petrov
These are the kinds of dedicated people that are hard to replace and will be missed not only by his friends but by the community at large. Even with all of his hardships he managed to make a difference for the better – how many of us can say the same?

Apr 29, 2010 at 3:43 pm · @Reply · Flag
No. 7 · hunter
queerty please add a “sad” or a “:(” next to

LOL (0) Fail (0) Cute (0) Stupid (0) More Please

Apr 29, 2010 at 8:40 pm · @Reply · Flag
No. 8 · poo
if you type “lol dead activists” in google and press “I’m Feel Lucky” this page comes up.

May 31, 2010 at 9:16 am · @Reply · Flag
No. 9 · Jimmi
Very sad. They don’t make activists like that any more.

May 31, 2010 at 10:20 am · @Reply · Flag