I met Barbara in the late & #39;90s. I avoided her for a while but we met at the Us Open every year for almost 17 years. Somehow, over time, we became friends.
The last time she went to the USO, I had to help her up the LIRR stairs. The last time I saw her was at the ICU ward... https://twitter.com/bukusarkar/status/1298310886239514626">https://twitter.com/bukusarka...

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@joeldrucker I hope you get time to read it. It& #39;s a very dear story to me. A reluctant friendship that lasted seventeen years, till I saw her die in front of me at Memorial Sloan Kettering. I stopped going to the Opens soon after.