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ARTHUR HARROW

1924 - 2021

BORN

1924

DIED

2021

ARTHUR HARROW Obituary

HARROW--Arthur, age 96, died after a brief illness on January 29, 2021. Arthur was born in Brooklyn June 3, 1924, and educated at the Lincoln School in Manhattan. He attended Oberlin College for two years before leaving to serve in the Navy during World War II as Lieutenant J.G. He later graduated from New York University and Columbia Law School where he was an editor on the Law Review. A lifelong New Yorker, he owned a home in the Village and practiced law until his retirement. Arthur wrote a musical about the Watergate scandal with the late jazz pianist Bob Dorough. He was predeceased by his brother Alan and is survived by Irene, his wife of 61 years, his two daughters Emily and Susan, and a sister Nancy. Also surviving are five nephews -- Michael, Richard and Billy Harrow and Damon and Anton Krukowski. The family is planning a memorial for after the pandemic.

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Published by New York Times on Feb. 1, 2021.

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Christopher Hyun

July 11, 2021

Arthur had such a profound influence on me, even acting as my sponsor for admission to the bar, NY First Judicial Department, in May 1989. (See attached picture of us in front of the NY Court of Appeals on Madison Square) He attended my wedding in the Heather Garden up by the Cloisters. As a young attorney in the Village, my first commercial litigation case was as Arthur's associate and I was thrilled when we won our case, beating an injunction in NY Supreme Court, on behalf of young artists Miller, Miller, Miller & Sloan, (Dan, Barney and Mike) managed by Neil Ross! Walking down Bleecker Street with Arthur was like walking with the mayor - everyone knew him, smiled, stopped to chat, shopkeepers and restauranteurs waving and offering lunch on the house, he lived a rich life in a wonderful community that claimed him as their own. I remember celebrating at Chumleys with him when Clinton won the presidential election, and him beaming. Memories of working with him in his downstairs office, and him stopping in the middle of our writing a brief, to share a musical number from his play-in-progress about the Nixon administration, laughing at his scene of the aides and the president dancing a kick line singing about their criminal activities! He seemed devoted to his wife Irene, attentive to her presence, calling through the house to make sure she was cared for in the moment. While it's been many years since I saw Arthur, I will really miss him. I see his smiling face, full of passion and care for his fellow humans, when I think of him. I will forever be grateful to have shared in a small part of a great life.

Simone Taylor

February 1, 2021

May your hearts soon be filled with wonderful memories of joyful times together as you celebrate a life well lived. Please except my sincerest condolences to you & your family for the loss of your loved one.

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