On October 14, 2021, Norman Shapiro passed away from natural causes at the age of 89 years. Today would have been his 90th birthday. He wanted people to know he lived a long and happy life. Norman was a gifted mathematician / computer scientist and an avid bicyclist, but most of all devoted father and grandfather. Details of his career may be found on Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Shapiro.
Norman is survived by his two granddaughters, Rebecca and Rachel Gates, and his son-in-law David Gates. He was preceded in death by his wife Naomi Shapiro in 1991 and his daughter Cathy Shapiro Gates in 2021, both as a consequence of ovarian cancer. Donations in his name may be made to the Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance.
May his memory be a blessing,