Portrait drawing of Ricardo Williamson

Portrait drawing of Ricardo Williamson

This portrait drawing of Ricardo Williamson was created by Mourning Our Losses volunteer EJ Joyner to accompany Ricardo's memorial, which reads in part:

"Ricardo Williamson loved to sing for his family. He enjoyed classics like Michael Jackson, The Temptations, and The O’Jays. “You had to hear him,” his niece Nina Kemp told NJ.com. “He had a nice little soft voice. A real smooth dude.” Ricardo, who had eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren, was a “wonderful man,” his niece says. He spread joy, despite his health challenges; he suffered from at least three chronic medical conditions that required intensive medical treatment. Ricardo passed away at the age of 62 on Sunday, May 10, at the Central Reception and Assignment Facility in Trenton, New Jersey. While the facility declined to confirm the cause of death, citing medical privacy rules, New Jersey’s prisons had the highest COVID-19 death rate in the nation in May. The state’s prison system has been heavily criticized for its response to the pandemic and it initially took weeks to provide masks and hand sanitizer to incarcerated individuals."

To read the full memorial for Ricardo, please visit Mourning Our Losses.

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