The missing grandparents: families mourn elder generation lost to COVID-19


Cheryl Burch, her husband Al and grandchild Allora are seen in this undated handout picture provided September 22, 2020. Aaron Burch/Handout via REUTERS

(Reuters) - Mel Solomon loved to sing.

He knew the lyrics to entire Broadway musicals and shared them with his granddaughters Zoe and Madeline during their annual summer visits from Brooklyn, New York, to Kansas City, where he was a renowned architect.

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