Donald Langosy

On January 4, 2026, at the age of 77, the artist Donald Paul Langosy drifted off from this mortal coil and took his place amongst the mythology of the greater universe.

"Just a kid from Brooklyn," Donald was a true renaissance man--an actor, poet, painter, puppeteer, sculptor, writer, cartoonist, carpenter, and draftsman. Donald's creativity shaped his life from the age of four, when he first took up his crayons, to his second-to-last day in this realm when he slipped into a quiet slumber while working in his studio in Medford, Massachusetts, on a new series of paintings about the gateway into dreams.

He met his muse and love of his life, Elizabeth Gleason Langosy, in Boston in 1970 and thus began the magical life they built for themselves. As the years turned, they had two daughters, Hadley Langosy and Zoe Langosy; lost two of the giants in Donald's life, Antonio Giarraputo and Stephen Curtis; and gained two sons-in-law, Ryan Keane and Dan Bolton, and four grandchildren, Arwyn Langosy, Gideon Keane, Nico Bolton, and Aria Bolton.

Some of you have visited his exhibits, some of you have his art on your walls, some of you have been lucky enough to experience the Bertie Puddlepoop Puppet Troupe shows he performed with Elizabeth and their friend Matthew Greif. Some of you have seen the graphics he did for Infocom, read his poems, enjoyed his Puddlepoop comics, been to parties at the Langosy house, watched Fellini movies with him, talked with him deep into the night, sat at the dinner table while he recited Hamlet, or simply shared a quiet space with him by his beloved Hanson Falls in the Bristol Hills.

To us, his family, he is one of the critical support threads that holds our life together, an absolute titan among men. His legacy of creativity will live on with us, and we invite you to experience the same. Do something creative tomorrow, visit a museum, spend time reading your favorite novel or poems, watch a Fellini or Bergman film, or bake a quiche. And know that he loved us all. We inspired him just as he inspired us.

Good night, sweet prince. May hosts of angels guide you to your rest and may it be filled with those you loved and thought you lost. We will meet you again one day.

Donald Langosy was born in Manhattan, New York, on May 29, 1948. He was preceded in death by his parents, Edward and Edith Lang, and his stepbrother Otto Drape. He is survived by his wife, daughters, sons-in-law, and grandchildren and his brother Edward Lang, as well as numerous extended family members and the close friends who have become family over the years.

In Donald's memory, please consider making a donation to his favorite charity, the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, or to the Multicultural Arts Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which has been a strong supporter of Donald and his work.