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Helping hands

In lieu of flowers

Please consider a donation to Contribute To Help Fulfill Chad's wishes.
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"Love is an action. Never simply a feeling” (Bell Hooks), was a guiding mantra for Chad. Love was at the core of all his efforts. Friendship, artistic, familial. All of it.

One of Chad’s biggest efforts was an attempt to reduce the scarring too commonly left behind by the incredibly high costs of US healthcare, on his family.

For months, and into his last days, Chad dreamed out loud of all the ways his art could serve. Serve to fill the many financial craters caused by medical treatment. Serve to continue the story that he felt, rightfully so, he was still in the middle of telling.

If able, please contribute to fulfilling some of Chad’s love actions. Supporting his family’s significant costs of care, and extending Chad's infinite artistic voice beyond his shortened time.

Our grief is collective. Love is the action.
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Born

June 21st, 1977
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Passed away

October 17th, 2023
New York, NY

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Cause of death

Cancer

Method of disposition

Cremation

Guarino Funeral Home Of Canarsie
Funeral services provided by

Guarino Funeral Home Of Canarsie

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Mr. Chad "Chaddy" Gittens