Remembering Lily
The LA Times has a moving piece about the beautiful memorial for Lily Burk, held yesterday afternoon at Barnsdall Park:
It was a ceremony of song, poetry and heartbreaking tributes to the 17-year-old Los Feliz resident who loved to act, sing and write.
“Her absence empties the world for me,” said Burk’s mother, attorney Deborah Drooz.
Her father, Greg Burk, a music journalist, spoke of his daughter as someone who “could see right into our souls without even thinking about it, and she loved us anyway.”
Many at the service wept openly. Others hugged each other, and some sat in stunned silence. Three hundred folding chairs were spread out under a white canopy on a hilltop of Barnsdall Art Park in East Hollywood. Teenagers, some in colorful dresses and shorts, others wearing black, spread out on blankets on the grass.
It was a place where Burk, an only child, had enjoyed spending time with her family.
Read the full story at the LA Times website.
For the benefit of those wishing to make a donation, her parents have said that Lily’s favorite charity was Homeless Health Care Los Angeles. She volunteered there in the needle-exchange program.
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