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Hope Pokress, wife of ex-Newsday photographer, dead at 53
Photo credit: David Pokress | Hope Pokress died unexpectedly Sunday at her home in Farmingdale of a suspected cardiac disease. She was 53.
Newsday's obituary for Hope Pokress
Hope Pokress so loved her sporty 1978 Datsun 280Z - a wedding present from her husband - that she had personalized plates made to advertise her devotion: HOPES Z.
"That car was her pride and joy," said her husband, David Pokress. Car mania was just one aspect of her intriguing personality, he said.
"She was a very exciting person to be married to," said Pokress, who was a Newsday photographer...
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