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FEBRUARY
Longtime
district
court Judge
Benjamin
Friedman
died at 91.
Legendary Federal
District Court Judge
Avern Cohn died at 97.
Local author Harriet Schiff,
whose books included Living
through Mourning: Finding
Comfort and Hope When a
Loved One Has Died, and
The Support Group Manual:
A Session-By-Session Guide,
died at 86.
Detroit dancer
and dance teacher
Blanche Gantz
died at 100.
Robert “Rob” Wachler,
local haberdasher and
founder/chair of “Threads
for Success,” a local
nonprofit organization that
mentored more than 1,000
young men, died at 68.