Very sad news: Laurie Verge has passed

[Ernesto]

As some of you know Laurie has been very ill for the past several weeks, and I am heartbroken to say that she passed today. I talked briefly with Jennifer, Laurie's daughter, this afternoon. Laurie died at George Washington Hospital in Washington. More information will be posted when it becomes available.

There are few people I know of whom I can honestly say they are irreplaceable. Laurie was one of them. She will be missed by everyone.