Tunney Lee Death | Passed Away | Obituary
Tunney Lee Death – Dead: A great loss was made known to InsideEko. As friends and families of the deceased are mourning the passing of their loved and cherished Tunney Lee.
Having heard about this great loss, the family of this individual is passing through pains, mourning the unexpected passing of their beloved.
This departure was confirmed through social media posts made by Twitter users who pour out tributes, and condolences to the family of the deceased.
Farewell Tunney F. Lee, 1929-2020. An extraordinary teacher, friend and mentor—an architect and urbanist who helped launch my career and a thousand others. He will be missed
@VishaanNYCA
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@MIT
@CUHKofficial
@HKUniversity
Farewell Tunney F. Lee, 1929-2020. An extraordinary teacher, friend and mentor—an architect and urbanist who helped launch my career and a thousand others. He will be missed @VishaanNYCA @MITdusp @MIT @CUHKofficial @HKUniversity pic.twitter.com/NHBeuukKVg
— Thomas J. Campanella (@builtbrooklyn) July 2, 2020
We remember Tunney Lee (李燦輝, 1931-2020) scholar, teacher, and activist, who educated, mobilized, and inspired many. He was a dedicated and generous supporter to BCNC and he played an integral role in the development of Pao Arts Center. Tunney, you will be greatly missed.
We remember Tunney Lee (李燦輝, 1931-2020) scholar, teacher, and activist, who educated, mobilized, and inspired many. He was a dedicated and generous supporter to BCNC and he played an integral role in the development of Pao Arts Center. Tunney, you will be greatly missed. pic.twitter.com/0AQD76UFbr
— BCNC (@BCNCInc) July 3, 2020
With profound sadness we share the new of the passing of Tunney Lee, a
@MIT
Professor Emeritus & a former head of DUSP. Lee was a towering figure at MIT, whose work continues to resonate across the MIT & Greater Boston communities.
With profound sadness we share the new of the passing of Tunney Lee, a @MIT Professor Emeritus & a former head of DUSP. Lee was a towering figure at MIT, whose work continues to resonate across the MIT & Greater Boston communities. pic.twitter.com/reQv2BtymW
— MIT Urban Planning (@MITdusp) July 3, 2020
Tunney Lee, an architect and urban researcher with deep ties to the Boston area, passed away this month at 88. His Chinatown Atlas, Density Atlas, and work on urban form at the BRA are all examples of how to understand a city through words and images.
Tunney Lee, an architect and urban researcher with deep ties to the Boston area, passed away this month at 88. His Chinatown Atlas, Density Atlas, and work on urban form at the BRA are all examples of how to understand a city through words and images.https://t.co/IHKscaRk6j pic.twitter.com/EvKD9DIGnv
— Leventhal Map & Education Center at the BPL (@bplmaps) July 6, 2020
Rest in Power Tunney Lee, 1929-2020. Lee was one of the architects of Resurrection City, an occupation of the Washington DC Mall in 1968 organized by the Poor People’s March. He was a faculty member and chair of
@MITdusp
for many years. He will be tremendously missed.
Rest in Power Tunney Lee, 1929-2020. Lee was one of the architects of Resurrection City, an occupation of the Washington DC Mall in 1968 organized by the Poor People’s March. He was a faculty member and chair of @MITdusp for many years. He will be tremendously missed.
— Ana María León (@anamarialeon) July 3, 2020
We mourn the loss of Tunney Lee, one of ACDC’s original founders whose impact extends beyond the Chinatown landscape he helped to build and preserve. His legacy will exist in the first documented and written history of Chinatown
We mourn the loss of Tunney Lee, one of ACDC’s original founders whose impact extends beyond the Chinatown landscape he helped to build and preserve. His legacy will exist in the first documented and written history of Chinatown. https://t.co/Y3U9xNHsQB pic.twitter.com/1UmrT7v83h
— Asian Community Development Corporation (@AsianCDC) July 7, 2020
I’m heartbroken to hear of the passing of Prof. Tunney Lee: Urban Studies Department Head and Prof. Emeritus at MIT, founding chair of the Chinese University of Hong Kong’s School of Architecture, and a friend. Meeting with him for dozens and dozens of hours over the past three years to talk about his life and his family life was one of the greatest gifts I’ve had.Prof. Lee, thank you for your life, your friendship, and for the model that your life has provided to countless people, of which I am just one. You remain one of the most important people to me and so many others. Your spirit was and will remain a bright light to this world. When so much is wrong in this world and when I’ve time and time again thought that things are hopeless, I’ve thought that if this world could produce someone like you, things can’t be so bad.
Your life was an exemplary one. Everyone who knows you can attest to that. I’ll forever be grateful to be one of those people.
This photo was taken at our last interview session, back in early March, when I went up to Boston to interview you. We social distanced because I was afraid of the possibility of infecting you. We were going to get hot pot that afternoon -our first lunch outside of your office at MIT – but sadly the circumstances were such that we had to cancel that meal. Still, I’m grateful that we had those last two interview sessions that week before all hell broke loose, when Patricia Jedrey- Kelley was kind enough to let me sleep on her couch. I wish that I could talk with you today- and it saddens me deeply to think that I will no longer be able to correspond with you regularly via email.
Professor Lee, you are the best man I’ve ever met. Working with you to hear about your life was a gift. Learning about your life and your family history opened up my eyes to the resilience and strength and goodness that the best of humanity brings to our world. Like I promised you, I’m not going to stop until I publish the book about you and your family. I will try my best to live up to the monumental task of putting your life history down on paper.
Thank you for everything. For as long as I live, I’ll never forget you, sir.
We are still working on getting more details about the death, as family statement on the death is yet to be released.
