HARRY APKARIAN, LONGTIME BUSINESS LEADER, DIES IN FLORIDA
By Michael Lamendola

Schenectady Gazette
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March 4 2009
NY

Harry Apkarian, an outspoken business leader who vigorously promoted
downtown’s revitalization, died Tuesday after suffering a massive
stroke, a family spokesman said. He was 87.

Apkarian, the son of Armenian immigrants fleeing Turkish genocide
in 1915, died at 5:15 p.m. at Lee Memorial Hospital in Fort Myers,
Fla., said Peter Guidarelli.

Apkarian had been hospitalized earlier for bleeding in the skull
after he fell and fractured his skull Feb. 17 while on vacation in
Florida with his family.

Guidarelli said Apkarian was racing his granddaughter to the elevator
when he collapsed on Feb. 17. At first, doctors thought he had suffered
a seizure and believed he would recover fully.

He subsequently came down with pneumonia and an infection, and was
being stabilized for transfer to Albany Medical Center later this
week for further treatment, Guidarelli said. However, on Monday he
suffered a stroke and was put on life support.

Apkarian was surrounded by members of his family when he died,
Guidarelli said. He has six children and numerous grandchildren.