On the last hellish brutal day of that godawful miserable year of 2020, when hundreds of thousands of Americans and millions of people all over the world died alone in bed in the darkness from an invisible killer disease ravaging their bodies and minds, we also lost our dear, dear, beloved son, Hannah and Tabitha’s beloved irreplaceable brother, a radiant light in this broken world. He began to be tortured later in his 20s by a blindingly painful and merciless ‘disease called depression,’ as Tabitha put it on Facebook over the weekend, a kind of relentless torture in the brain for him, and despite very fine doctors and a loving family and friendship network of hundreds who adored him beyond words and whom he adored too, the pain became overwhelming and unyielding and unbearable at last for our dear boy, this young man of surpassing promise to our broken world. Cho can be reached at Want to keep up with breaking news? Subscribe to our email newsletter.Tommy Raskin had a perfect heart, a perfect soul, a riotously outrageous and relentless sense of humor, and a dazzling radiant mind. His mother, Sarah Bloom Raskin, is a graduate of Harvard Law School and a former U.S. Raskin’s father is serving his second term representing Maryland’s 8th congressional district and formerly taught constitutional law at American University. “The family is grateful for the outpouring of support and love from neighbors, constituents, and friends but asks everyone to observe strict COVID-19 protocols during this time of grief.” “Tommy is survived by his beloved sisters Hannah and Tabitha, dozens of loving aunts, uncles, cousins, friends and grandparents Arlene Bloom and Lynn Raskin,” the official statement added. He had been a teaching fellow in the undergraduate course General Education 1171: “Justice: Ethics in an Age of Pandemic and Racial Reckoning,” according to his LinkedIn profile. Thomas Raskin, 25, graduated from Amherst College in 2017. The family did not announce a cause of death. “We are devastated and demolished to be without him.”. He passionately loved his family, friends, and animals, and was devoted to the cause of the global poor,” the statement reads. His brilliance and compassion knew no bounds. Jamin Ben “Jamie” Raskin ’83 (D-Md.), announced in a statement Thursday.
“Tommy” Raskin has died, his father, Rep. Second year Harvard Law School student Thomas B. Second Year Harvard Law Student, Described as ‘Pure Magic,’ Dies at 25 By Emmy M. A lawyer and former state financial regulator in Maryland, she has worked in finance, and currently serves as a director with Vanguard, the investment giant with $6 trillion in assets under management.' 'She formerly served as a Fed governor and deputy Treasury secretary, the only woman so far to hold the second-in-command role at the agency. He died this morning at the family's Takoma Park home.ĮDIT #2: Sarah Bloom Raskin considered for Treasury Secretary.
HOW AWFUL! Anyone remember seeing interview of Sarah yesterday?ĮDIT: The cause of death remains under investigation. The family is grateful for the outpouring of support and love from neighbors, constituents, and friends but asks everyone to observe strict COVID-19 protocols during this time of grief.įuneral and memorial service arrangements will be released in due course. Tommy is survived by his beloved sisters Hannah and Tabitha, dozens of loving aunts, uncles, cousins, friends and grandparents Arlene Bloom and Lynn Raskin. We are devastated and demolished to be without him.” He passionately loved his family, friends, and animals, and was devoted to the cause of the global poor. – With profound sorrow, Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08) and Sarah Bloom Raskin today announced the loss of their son Thomas (Tommy) Bloom Raskin, 25, who was a second-year student at Harvard Law School and a graduate of Amherst College.
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