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Apr 3, 2021 · Friends and relatives grappled with the loss of Tommy Raskin, who died by suicide after years of depression.
Jan 5, 2021 · Maryland Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin and his wife, Sarah Bloom Raskin, remembered their 25-year-old son Tommy in a private funeral ceremony Tuesday, a day after releasing a heartrending...
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Nancy A. Fairbank, a second year law student, said she first met Raskin in her 1L Section, a collection of approximately 75 students that take classes together in their first year of law school. She recalled Raskin had a special gift for putting people at ease in his presence, even amid the intensity of Law School classes. “Law school can be intimi...
Michelle Kim, a third-year law student and the vice president of Effective Altruism, said she wished she could have paralleled Raskin’s unique ability to fight tirelessly for causes most people forget about — animal rights and the global poor — but without despair. “[Tommy] wasn’t plagued with the cynicism and fatigue that I was plagued with, and h...
Demby, the undergraduate in Raskin’s “Justice” section, said she will remember him as a “selfless, light-hearted human being.” Although Raskin was “incredibly well-spoken and well-versed in the topics discussed in class,” she said he went above and beyond to make the section “student-focused” and “really cared about the well-being and success” of t...
Jan 5, 2021 · In a long obituary posted to Medium on Monday, Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, and his wife, Sarah, confirmed that their 25-year-old son Thomas "Tommy" Bloom Raskin died on Dec. 31 by suicide....
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Jan 1, 2021 · U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland said his son has died. Raskin announced the death Thursday of Tommy Bloom Raskin, 25. In a statement released on Sunday, his parents said he battled during...
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Jan 9, 2021 · On New Year's Eve, 25-year-old Tommy Raskin killed himself. Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland talked with NPR about his son's life and the outpouring of tributes to him.
Jan 1, 2021 · Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., announced the loss of his 25-year-old son, Thomas Bloom Raskin, in a statement on Thursday, and said they are "demolished to be without him." “Tommy was pure magic. His...
