Gregory Hargrove

Gregory Hargrove was 19 when he died in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was a young Black male, and the fact of his age makes the loss land with a particular kind of ache, the kind that comes from knowing a life barely had time to unfold. He is remembered not only as Gregory, but also by the nicknames “Dudas” and “Bouncer,” names that suggest a personality people knew well enough to label with affection and familiarity, the sort of names friends call out across a room, the sort that stick bec ...

Gregory Hargrove Obituary (2010) - New Orleans