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Vartabedian: Kushigian Letter Stirs up Emotional Memories at Olympics
PROVIDENCE, R.I.—On the night that Harry Kushigian was honored as an Olympic King, he received an unexpected letter from his brother John—25 years after his death!
The letter came from Robert Avakian (no relation to Camp Haiastan) who held it all these years before bringing it to Providence for the Olympics. How it got into his hands was another matter.
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I lived across the street from John and we were friends from 4th grade on. I went to many Armenian dances and picnics and even to the Olympics one year. I think of him often.
Mr Kushigian(John) was part of the school system I attended in middle school. He was always polite and respectful but the most important thing to him was always absolute inclusion. Division, of any kind, really bothered him and he worked to fix it
I was in 6th grade when the announcement came over the PA system that he had passed. It was absolute stunned silence in that room. We were all so shocked.
He was a very honorable man. RIP Mr Kushigian