Diamando Lambros

As a small child Diamando nearly died of malaria, and an overdose of quinine prescribed by the family doctor cost her her hearing. She never married.

After her parents died she lived with her brother Panos (opens in a new tab) and his wife Chrysafia. When Chrysafia died in 1999, her niece Helen Drossos (opens in a new tab) brought “Mando” to Long Island. She died peacefully in her bed on the evening of Good Friday, just after Helen (opens in a new tab) and her daughter had tucked her in before church.