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Lone New Yorker Died Unclaimed in City of 7.8 Million
Hughie McCarron died alone in a furnished room after a life spent resisting change. His lone death underscores a city with thousands of unattended deaths yearly, many buried on Hart Island after being claimed by no heirs. The piece details unclaimed estates, Bellevue morgue’s routine, and Father Joseph McGowan’s burial fund for indigent parishioners on Welfare Island.
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Hugh A. Mulligan
NEW York
Hughie McCarron
Eighth Avenue
49Th Street
Lenny Mahan
Bellevue
Madison Square Garden
Cornell Medical Center
Great White Way
Chicago
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Cleveland
Jackson Heights
Manhattan
Hart Island
Potter's Field
Bronx
Long Island Sound
Bird S. Coler
Islane
Farewell Island
East River
Welfare Island
Joseph McGowan
Father McGowan
St. Joseph's