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Honoring COVID lives lost: Leo Fabian, a 31-year-old husband who loved Dodgers and Disney By Dano Nissen Listen 5 min MORE Leo Fabian moved to Bell Gardens from Guatemala when he was 3 years old. He was a proud Angeleno and loved going to Dodger games. His last interaction with his wife was via Zoom from the hospital. Illustration by Mike Royer/KCRW.
This is the final installment of KCRW’s series on remembering some of the LA lives lost to COVID-19, as told by the people who loved them.
Leo Fabian began talking to Sandie Sanchez-Ortiz on a dating site in 2011. Months later they met for the first time in-person at Sandie’s home in Walnut Park. Sandie thought, “He really is like his pictures.” She says he was cute, tall, and arrived with a big smile.