Did you happen to see Richard Simmons on TV? He's from NO and said she is his other mother, "my other mother has had a stroke, and I can't reach her now." I thought that was a sad, but very true analogy. NO is not dead, but desperately ill and unable to communicate or help herself.
Yes. I saw him. The Quarter is largely gay. No surprise about him there. I know a few gays from the FQ myself. I was sorry to hear about him mom. But I'm sure everyone in the FQ is okay. I also heard him say NO will come back. I feel even worse for him about that because I don't think it can.