A freelance visual artist, he was studying Visual Communications at Montclair State University.
He is survived by his parents, Henry and Martha; sister Julianne "Meg" Thompson; his grandmothers Henrietta Barrow and Joyce Thompson; as well as aunts, uncles and cousins.
Relatives and friends will be received at S.W. Brown & Son Funeral Home, 267 Centre St. in Nutley, from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday. There will be a memorial service at 8 p.m.
The funeral will be Saturday at 10:30 a.m. at the funeral home. Entombment will be at Glendale Cemetery, Bloomfield.
In lieu of flowers, donations to the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America are welcome (https://www.sicklecelldisease.org/general-donations/).
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