Archive: March 20, 2020 - Gary Borders

Anup: A Gentle, Talented Soul Passes Away

In the midst of this pandemic that has upended all of our lives, many folks in Longview and East Texas mourned the passing of an extraordinary man who died too young and touched so many people — from the homeless to the wealthy, the well-connected to the disconnected. Anup Bandhari died on March 10, just days after he turned 40, and six months after he went into cardiac arrest and suffered an irreversible brain injury. So many lives were touched by this gentle, generous soul during his 20 years in East Texas. Anup came to America from Nepal in 2000 to study fine art, photography and the culinary...

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