Costa Columbus

I'm sorry to hear of the death of my friend, Costa. Although I hadn't seen him for a number of years, I've thought of him often. He was an interesting, interested, and generous soul and will be missed, I'm sure.

Back in the 1990s and early 2000s, Costa and Marge contributed to the heartbeat of WHUUF. It is hard to imagine the material world without them, but I know that they're united once again and that they are at peace. Both of them are greatly missed.

Costa and I became acquainted through ESL tutoring. A gentle caring man with a sharp wit and humor. Devoted to his family including the diverse extended family of language learners. We both came from immigrant families sharing our family history created a kinship I will sorely miss. But, I'm so glad to have made that with Costa (El Greco). Our love of language while identifying with those coming to start lives in a foreign country was quite rewarding. Every couple months he'd drive to...

I have so many memories of Costa, especially when we were thinking of opening up a breakfast cafe in the New Market Theater. We we're both early morning people and we decided that once a ingredient was gone, then time to close shop. Obviously we never did this but we enjoyed talking about food. I hired Costa once to help with a big Greek Catering job I had. We made tyropitas and stuffed grape leaves some with meat and some with dried fruit. Every time I looked over at Costa, he was...

Costa was such a gentle man - never a harsh word or show of anger - a wonderful friend!