



The essay released Monday evening traced Tommy’s growth from a “strikingly beautiful curly-haired madcap boy beaming with laughter and charm” to “a badass autodidact moral philosopher and progressive humanist libertarian, and a passionate vegan who composed imperishable, knock-your-socks-off poetry linking systematic animal cruelty and exploitation to militarism and war culture.” The family has urged strict adherence to public health guidelines during their time of grief. The family plans to hold a private funeral service on Tuesday morning, and will schedule virtual public memorial services later this month. Raskin’s congressional office announced the death of Thomas Bloom Raskin, 25, on the evening of Dec. The poetic tribute was shared tens of thousands of times over on social media, where users shared in the family’s heartbreak and urged greater support for those who suffer from depression. Treasury secretary Sarah Bloom Raskin memorialized the life of their son Tommy ― “a radiant light in this broken world” ― while revealing his cause of death was suicide. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) and former deputy U.S. In a widely circulated and deeply personal essay, U.S.
