In 1973, when she was 14, Sharon Stakofsky-Davis had a kidney transplant at Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn. Her father, Lenny, was the donor. That kidney has worked for 50 years, a remarkable amount of time. Soon, Sharon may need a new kidney. (Family photo)
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Lenny Stakofsky was big. Lenny Stakofsky was loud. Lenny Stakofsky was big and loud.
“When you think of the typical New Yorker, that was my father,” said his daughter, Sharon Stakofsky-Davis.
Lenny was something else, too. He was generous.
“He would do anything for anybody,” Sharon said. “He would give you the coat off his back.”
