My Father Survived the Pandemic but Died Anyway

When death comes knocking, even a locked door can’t keep it out

Laura Friedman Williams
4 min readJun 13, 2021

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My father and me dancing at my wedding, May 1996

In the thick of Covid lockdown, my parents called a Zoom meeting for me and my brother and sister.

“Guys,” my dad began in his commanding baritone. “Mom and I have called you here today because we want you to know where our important papers are in case…

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Laura Friedman Williams

Author of AVAILABLE: A Very Honest Account of Life After Divorce (Boro/HarperUK June ‘21; Harper360 May ‘21). Mom of three, diehard New Yorker.