Finding Identity for Armenian Genocide Survivors Is Still a Struggle | Opinion Manouk Akopyan , journalist On 4/21/21 at 1:30 PM EDT Nene, as her six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren called her, was the backbone of the entire family. The pandemic robbed her loved ones from visiting her during the holidays, or giving her a proper goodbye during her final days. As has tragically become the case for many around the world, she died alone in an overcrowded hospital, hers being the Hollywood Presbyterian hospital in Los Angeles—the location of my birth 35 years ago. It's still hard to process or heal from nene's death because I couldn't properly mourn the loss of our matriarch.