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It was a simple act of kindness, volunteering to serve dinner at the Glen Cove men’s shelter, that led Lindsay Fox and Nitika Moran to found Friends of St. John’s seven years ago. The …

Tazewell ‘Taz’ Smith Friends and family are mourning the loss of Tazewell “Taz” Smith, who passed away peacefully at his home in Orient, N.Y., after a brief illness on April 14, 2021. He was 73.  Tazewell was born in Flushing, Queens, to Tazewell Wellington Smith and Margaret Emmott Smith on May 17, 1947. Shortly after graduating from St. John Fisher College in Rochester, N.Y., he married Kathleen Egan, in 1969. The couple set up house in Flushing before moving to Glen H...