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If 2015 is just going to be a litany of names of people I like who are leaving the planet, I'll just start watching "Back to the Future Part II" on a loop for the rest of the year.

But Mario Cuomo is a name that is crucial and caring, not just in New York politics but also on the national scene. He was a three term governor of New York, yes. And that was important. But he was also a visionary, a forward thinker, a caring politician.

( Personally, I think if Cuomo doesn't give... )

I was the ripe old age of six and living in South Jersey when I really understood how music could alter your mood. It was a pageant for the lower school, and my first grade class just sang a medley of “America the Beautiful” and “This Land Is Your Land,” and then, as we exited the stage through the audience, something happened that didn't occur in rehearsal: someone played a recording of John Philip Sousa’s “Stars and Stripes Forever,” and I got it. I proudly marched off to the song and even got some impressed looks from parents who *weren’t* my own.

( Coming back to New York City... )