Obituaries

Former Sag Harbor Resident Dies in Indianapolis at 48

Robert A. Landrum grew up spending summers in Sag Harbor, and later relocated to the South Fork.

Robert Aldridge Landrum, a longtime summer resident of Sag Harbor and later Bridgehampton, died on Dec. 11 at IU Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, IN. 

He would have turned 49 on Dec. 19. 

Landrum, who went by Rob or even "Dog" to close friends, was a native Chicagoan. Landrum attended Mt. Carmel High School, where he was a member of its swimming team, and North Park College in Chicago.  

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His parents built a summer home in Sag Harbor Hills in 1959. "We were probably the only Midwestern family in Sag Harbor Hills, which was a bit unusual, I suppose. Most of our neighbors were from the New York City area," his sister Gail Victoria Landrum said. 

"Nonetheless, we grew up thinking it was normal to have a summer home in the East and travel across country to it each year . . . Robbie felt a deep affinity for the seaside landscapes and beauty of Eastern Long Island. Sag Harbor was the home of our heart — one filled with so many memories," she said.

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Landrum preferred the East Coast to the Midwest and relocated there as an adult. He began working for The East Hampton Star in the 1990s as an advertising representative and later joined The Independent. He lived in Bridgehampton during that time. He moved to Indianapolis, his mother's hometown, in 2010.

A gentle, easygoing man with a bounding voice, he was a friend to many of Sag Harbor, East Hampton and the East End. He was an avid racing fan of the Indy 500.

He is survived by his sisters, Carole Patricia Landrum, of Chicago, and Gail Victoria Landrum, of Jacksonville, Fla., and his uncle Malcolm K. Lewis, of Indianapolis.

A funeral Mass will be held at St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church at 5472 S. Kimbark Avenue, Chicago, IL, onSaturday, Dec. 21, at 11 a.m. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m.


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