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Hal Goldberg died on May 7, 2017, at the Kanas Center for Hospice Care, Quiogue, with family and friends by his side. He was 58.
Mr. Goldberg was born in New York City on February 25, 1959, and grew up in East Brunswick, New Jersey. He graduated New York University with a degree in psychology and was an early and active member of ACT UP. His careers were many and varied: a fashion stylist, a hatter, a photographers’ agent, and a Broadway producer (“A Raisin in the Sun,” “Legally Blonde: The Musical,” among others). Turning to his great love—gardening and landscape design—Mr. Goldberg earned a degree in professional horticulture and opened Hal Goldberg Gardens and Landscapes. Working on numerous prestigious landscape projects, he immersed himself in his work until the end.
Mr. Goldberg was a past president of the Southampton Rose Society. He continued to live life fully and was a passionate man with limitless energy, who gave freely of his time and experience to anyone in need, survivors said. The son of Sheldon Goldberg, who predeceased him, he is survived by his husband, Stephen Donovan; his mother, Miriam Goldberg; and his brother, Seth Goldberg and husband George Marzen.
A funeral service was held May 9 at Plaza Jewish Community Chapel in Manhattan.
Memorial donations may be made to the Kanas Center for Hospice Care, eeh.org.
on May 8, 2017