Authorities question whether child welfare activist died
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The death of a vocal critic of Rhode Island’s child care...
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The death of a vocal critic of Rhode Island’s child care...
"He asked me, ‘Do you think this Nicholas Alahverdian is still alive?’” Alahverdian, a critic of the state’s child welfare program who had pushed lawmakers like Hull to support reforms, died of cancer five months earlier, according to his widow and a widely disseminated email from the “Alahverdian Family Office.” His announced death, at 32, came just two months after Alahverdian informed reporters at various media outlets that he had late-stage non-Hodgkin lymphoma and had weeks to live. His life as a crusader for children, now about to be cut short, was news that needed reporti...