ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: All this week, we are remembering some of the more than 500,000 people in the U.S. who ve died of COVID-19 through the music that gave their lives meaning. We re calling our tribute Songs of Remembrance. Deb Kalish wanted to remember her partner, Paul Kleinheider of Chatham, N.J. He was hospitalized early in the pandemic, and once the hospital figured out how patients could connect to the outside world on Zoom, Deb called Paul that way several times a day and played him the songs he loved, especially Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon and Garfunkel.
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: All this week, we are remembering some of the more than 500,000 people in the U.S. who ve died of COVID-19 through the music that gave their lives meaning. We re calling our tribute Songs of Remembrance. Deb Kalish wanted to remember her partner, Paul Kleinheider of Chatham, N.J. He was hospitalized early in the pandemic, and once the hospital figured out how patients could connect to the outside world on Zoom, Deb called Paul that way several times a day and played him the songs he loved, especially Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon and Garfunkel.