How Ken Barcus Transformed Himself From a Struggling Schmuck Into A Mensch

I am still learning from Ken Barcus, 67, my friend of 40 years, who died Oct. 11, 2022, from complications due to throat cancer in his hometown of Cleveland, Ohio. He was hailed at his absolutely packed memorial service as “a giant.”

“Each of you in this room was a fabric in the thread that kept me going,” he said in a statement read by his wife Ellen a…