Hempstead educator Tyree Curry, 70, dies
Photo credit: Handout | Tyree Curry, a retired principal of Hempstead's Schultz Middle School and a well-known area photographer with a high profile in many of Nassau's black communities, died Monday morning. He was 70 and lived in Freeport.
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Hempstead's man with the smile, Tyree Curry, a school administrator, photographer, musician and disc jockey, died Monday of cancer at his home in Freeport. He was 70.
"He was jovial, with an infectious smile that left no doubt that he enjoyed your company," said Hempstead Trustee Perry Pettus.
Curry was closely associated with Hempstead, where he served in the school system for 32 years,...
