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Alix Cecil Dobkin

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Alix Cecil Dobkin

Birth
New York, New York County, New York, USA
Death
19 May 2021 (aged 80)
Woodstock, Ulster County, New York, USA
Burial
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In 1965 she married Sam Hood, who ran the Gaslight Cafe in Greenwich Village.[5] They moved to Miami and opened The Gaslight South folk club,[5] but moved back to New York in 1968.[18] Their daughter Adrian was born two years later, and the following year the marriage broke up. A few months later, Dobkin came out as a lesbian, which was uncommon for a public personality to do at the time.

Dobkin suffered a brain aneurysm on April 29, 2021, and was subsequently admitted to Westchester Medical Center. She was taken off life support on May 11 and discharged on May 17.[19] She died at home surrounded by family on Wednesday, May 19, 2021. The cause of death was cited as a brain aneurysm and stroke.[20] At the time of her death, Dobkin lived in Woodstock, New York.

She had two grandsons and a granddaughter.
In 1965 she married Sam Hood, who ran the Gaslight Cafe in Greenwich Village.[5] They moved to Miami and opened The Gaslight South folk club,[5] but moved back to New York in 1968.[18] Their daughter Adrian was born two years later, and the following year the marriage broke up. A few months later, Dobkin came out as a lesbian, which was uncommon for a public personality to do at the time.

Dobkin suffered a brain aneurysm on April 29, 2021, and was subsequently admitted to Westchester Medical Center. She was taken off life support on May 11 and discharged on May 17.[19] She died at home surrounded by family on Wednesday, May 19, 2021. The cause of death was cited as a brain aneurysm and stroke.[20] At the time of her death, Dobkin lived in Woodstock, New York.

She had two grandsons and a granddaughter.

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