Edward Gorman, a socially and politically active resident of East Hampton Village and a former New York and San Francisco business executive, died on Saturday, April 3, at Stony Brook University Hospital. He was 92.
Born in Baltimore, he first came to East Hampton in 1949 as a weekender. He rented a room in a house on Egypt Lane for $3 a night on the advice of a friend after he had mentioned that he missed body surfing in Hawaii, his family said. In the early 1950s, he bought the cottage on the corner of Fithian Lane at Egypt Lane and owned various weekend houses, including the 1683 house at 9 Mill Hill Lane, before moving to Dunemere Lane as a year-round resident in 1980. He lived in Georgica Estates at... more
Born in Baltimore, he first came to East Hampton in 1949 as a weekender. He rented a room in a house on Egypt Lane for $3 a night on the advice of a friend after he had mentioned that he missed body surfing in Hawaii, his family said. In the early 1950s, he bought the cottage on the corner of Fithian Lane at Egypt Lane and owned various weekend houses, including the 1683 house at 9 Mill Hill Lane, before moving to Dunemere Lane as a year-round resident in 1980. He lived in Georgica Estates at... more
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