Tom Griffin of Wainscott and New York City died of a heart attack in a New York hospital on Saturday. He was 66. His wife, Virginia Edwards, and daughter, Sophie Griffin, who attended the Ross School and recently graduated from Wesleyan University, survive.
Celebrations of his life will be held in New York City and Buffalo in the fall. A full obituary will appear in a future issue.
A managing partner in the group that owns the Offshore Montauk hotel and the Este restaurant that is under construction may have assuaged some concerns when he addressed the Montauk Citizens Advisory Committee this week, but skepticism clearly lingered among a segment of the large crowd.
For years, the names etched into weatherworn headstones faded quietly beneath layers of dirt, lichen, and time —until Jason Bono began restoring them one at a time.
Newtown Lane will be closed at 5 p.m. Friday, when East Hampton Village holds a block party and New York Knicks watch party.
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