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The numbers can be numbing: Tens of thousands of dead in countries around the world, with the World Health Organization warning that the global death toll could be in the millions. It can be
easy to forget that in each figure is a story, a life lived: A 42-year-old cancer survivor and mother of six children who friends remember as “genuine, selfless, courageous”; a legendary
Japanese comedian; a New York City nurse who brought empathy and joy to his job; a Cameroonian musician who represented African music in the wider world. There’s the story of Marlowe
Stoudamire, an unrelenting champion for Detroit. And the story of Maurice Berger, a curator and art critic who kept race at the forefront of American consciousness. The stories of two
Chicago sisters, Patricia Frieson and Wanda Bailey, who were denied an in-person funeral because of quarantine. There are many more. In the weeks and months to come, Barron’s Group is
attempting to paint portraits of individuals whose lives have been claimed by the pandemic. We hope it will serve as a memorial, so that their stories do not get lost in the numbers.
