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Cary Herz Obituary

HERZ--Cary, photographer, born June 15, 1947 in New York City, died of ovarian cancer on September 1, 2008 in Albuquerque. Her career as a photojournalist began in New York in the 1970s as she documented the women's movement and women's sports. For the last 24 years Cary worked in New Mexico as a free-lance photographer. In 2007, she published the book, "New Mexico's CryptoJews: Image and Memory." She was a 2008 co-winner of the National Federation of Press Women's Communicator of Achievement Award. Cary is survived by her partner, Sue LeGrand; children, Davielle and Alexandra Lakind; Sue's children, Paul, Elena, and Simon; and a large extended family of cousins and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, Fred and Gert Herz, and her brother, Leonard Alan. Access Cary's work at: www.caryherz.com

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Published by New York Times on Sep. 28, 2008.

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Jack L. Herz, written on August 10, 2025

August 10, 2025

I loved Cary, and Lennie as well as Fred and Gert. As did my late wife Sara Moss Herz who also died of ovarian cancer about three months before Cary. Sara married into the family and there was no genetic connection.

Sara and Cary shared much and grew very close with their telephone conversations near the end of both of their lives. It was a very tough time for all of us. I visited Cary about two days before her death to say Goodbye, one of the most difficult conversations of my life.

I am proud that she was a fellow cousin and think of Cary very frequently., one of the finest people I ever knew in my 87 years, I am so.sorry that we lived so far from one another.

She lives on in my best memories, Jack Herz

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