Helene Susman,103, died on April 23, 2024 after a brief illness. Earlier, she taught guitar, played tennis and bridge, and was active in the Great Neck Forum, Women Strike for Peace, and civil rights before becoming an assistant film editor on Harlan County, USA and American Dream. Widowed in 2003, she survived pancreatic cancer (age 95) and other physical indignities, but was steadfast in supporting social justice. She is survived by her children Susan and Paul Susman, their spouses Sekhar and Libby, their children Janak, Rebecca, Shantha and Sasha and their partners, and Helene’s great-grandchildren Levi, Archana, and Theo.
—Submitted by the Susman Family
