IN MEMORIAM: H. Reed Metzger, 86;
Doctor, Lawyer Had Cooperstown Ties
COOPERSTOWN – H. Reed Metzger, MD, JD, of Santa Monica, Calif., and Cooperstown, beloved husband, father, grandfather, physician and friend, passed away at age 86 on Aug. 7, 2018.
A true survivor, Reed ran out of his nine lives after five heart attacks, a stroke, kidney cancer, and other brushes with death that spanned four decades.
Reed was born on May 7, 1932, in Seagate, Brooklyn, near Coney Island, to Molly and Harry. He attended PS 188, Mark Twain Junior High, and graduated from Lincoln High School.
