Where does life end and death begin? This is a question pondered by philosophers, theologians and laymen throughout the world. It is a controversial and difficult issue, as experienced recently in cases such as that of coma victim Terry Schiavo, which became a media circus.
The Chocolate Factory, a performing arts company in Long Island City, grapples with this issue in a new play written by Ken Urban based on a concept by Urban and Brian Rogers, artistic director of the Chocolate Factory.
'Two Husbands' grapples with life and death in LIC
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Prominent criminal defense lawyer Harland Braun, who met Gargaro in the District Attorney’s Office and later shared office space with him, described him as “a very quiet guy who felt very deeply about things.”
He noted that the two worked together on two of the county’s highest-profile criminal cases of the 1980s, the prosecution of director John Landis and others as a result of the death of actor Vic Morrow on the set of the movie “The Twilight Zone,” and the prosecution of two doctors for withdrawing nutrition and hydration, as well as life support, from a patient in a persistent vegetative state.
“It was like the Terry Schiavo case, but 20 years earlier,” Braun explained.
Services for Malpractice Attorney William Gargaro Set for Saturday
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