<html><head></head><body><div class="ydpf471a5d7yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div id="ydpf471a5d7yiv8932667676" style=""><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Dear Rich,</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Thank you for sharing highlights of your heart-warming visits with Burt Fendelman and his desire to hear from those of us who knew him. I'm so sorry to hear the end is near but beyond grateful to have met him. Burt was always a gentleman and a scholar whose generosity of spirit and inclusiveness made sure no Gothamite or friend of Gotham went without an invitation to Passover or Thanksgiving dinner. Whether at the National Arts Club, Eleven or other select dining venues. Burt was warm, kind,</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">thoughtful and always had a twinkle in his eye. Hail fellow well met!</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br clear="none">Love the Buddhist perspective<span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> that there's </span><u style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">no</u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> difference between birth and death \u2026 just that circumstances have changed.</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-size: 16px;"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-size: 16px;"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif">With gratitude to Burt for his unfailing Gotham spirit,</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-size: 16px;"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-size: 16px;"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#4c76a2"><b><i>Kelly Welles, LUTCF</i></b></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#4c76a2" style="" size="2"><b style=""><i style="">Serving Asset Protection and Longevity Planning for</i></b></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#4c76a2" size="2"><b><i>30 Years.</i></b></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style=""><b style=""><i style=""><font color="#4c76a2" style="" size="2">Co-chair & GC, Gotham NY Health & Longevity</font></i></b><br clear="none"></font><div class="ydpf471a5d7yiv8932667676yahoo-signature" style="font-size: 16px; 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</div></div></div><div id="ydpadc7533dyiv8932667676yqt90690" class="ydpadc7533dyiv8932667676yqt9430829503"><p style="font-size:15px;color:#715FFA;padding-top:15px;margin-top:0;" class="ydpadc7533dyiv8932667676yahoo-quoted-begin">On Thursday, January 11, 2024, 1:11 PM, Richard Raymond <rickraymond@thefamilybusinessleader.com> wrote:</p><blockquote class="ydpadc7533dyiv8932667676iosymail"><div id="ydpadc7533dyiv8932667676"><div><div><p style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;" class="ydpadc7533dyiv8932667676MsoNormal">Dear Gotham </p><p style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;" class="ydpadc7533dyiv8932667676MsoNormal"><br clear="none"></p><p style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;" class="ydpadc7533dyiv8932667676MsoNormal"><br clear="none"></p><p style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;" class="ydpadc7533dyiv8932667676MsoNormal">I had a wonderful time yesterday visiting with Burt Fendelman who so many of us in Gotham know.</p><p style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;" class="ydpadc7533dyiv8932667676MsoNormal"> </p><p style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;" class="ydpadc7533dyiv8932667676MsoNormal">Prior to COVID, Burt and I got together nearly monthly for breakfast and talked about life, Gotham, our wives, our children ... and more. COVID put a stop to nearly all of that.</p><p style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;" class="ydpadc7533dyiv8932667676MsoNormal"> </p><p style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;" class="ydpadc7533dyiv8932667676MsoNormal">We had one or two breakfasts since, but it was difficult getting hold of him more recently. Then, earlier this week, I received a phone from his wife, Helaine, who invited me to visit. Burt has a brain tumor which has left him partially paralyzed. </p><p style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;" class="ydpadc7533dyiv8932667676MsoNormal"> </p><p style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;" class="ydpadc7533dyiv8932667676MsoNormal">I visited yesterday and spent three hours \u2026 talking, again, about Gotham, politics and our thoughts, feelings and anxieties with getting older. He\u2019s alert though his body is weak, and he needs people to talk with.</p><p style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;" class="ydpadc7533dyiv8932667676MsoNormal"> </p><p style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;" class="ydpadc7533dyiv8932667676MsoNormal">During our time together, Burt expressed a \u201cwhy \u2026 \u201d, and I remembered the Buddhist perspective that there's <u>no</u> difference between birth and death \u2026 just that circumstances have changed \u2013 which Burt acknowledged.</p><p style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;" class="ydpadc7533dyiv8932667676MsoNormal"> </p><p style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;" class="ydpadc7533dyiv8932667676MsoNormal">My time with Burt was a euphoric experience. We both are members of Gotham\u2019s Encore group \u2026 and in that context it come-to-mind that, as we age, we become concerned about our relevancy. I don\u2019t think we lose relevancy as we age\u2026 more so the focus of our relevancy changes. And, just perhaps, Burt\u2019s \u201cwhy\u201d was an expression of his changing relevancy \u2026 raising a reflection of life\u2026</p><p style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;" class="ydpadc7533dyiv8932667676MsoNormal"> </p><p style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;" class="ydpadc7533dyiv8932667676MsoNormal">I didn't know what to expect prior to visiting with Burt. I found though someone whose emotional, intellectual and spiritual consciousness are as strong as ever, hampered only by the state of his body\u2019s responsiveness.</p><p style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;" class="ydpadc7533dyiv8932667676MsoNormal"> </p><p style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;" class="ydpadc7533dyiv8932667676MsoNormal">I saw Burt\u2019s desire for mental stimulation. He and his wife would like others to reach out, visit if you can. He would enjoy it, and it would strengthen him as well.</p><p style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;" class="ydpadc7533dyiv8932667676MsoNormal"> </p><p style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;" class="ydpadc7533dyiv8932667676MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Rick Raymond</div><div>Personal, Family Business and Spiritual Leadership</div><div>New York, NY</div><div>646-594-5587</div><div style="text-align:center;"><br clear="none"></div><div style="text-align:center;"><i><br clear="none"></i></div><div style="text-align:center;"><i>\u201cEach generation has the responsibility of bringing to the business their own vision for the future of the business.\u201d \u2014Samuel Curtis Johnson III, former Chairman, SC Johnson: A Family Company</i></div><div style="text-align:center;"><i><br clear="none"></i></div><div style="text-align:center;"><i>Helping others achieve a greater sense of inner peace and well-being, releasing the limitations and tensions of the ego self.</i></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div></div></div><br clear="none" class="ydpadc7533dyiv8932667676Apple-interchange-newline"><br clear="none" class="ydpadc7533dyiv8932667676Apple-interchange-newline">
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