True Stories From the Obit Files - Ordinary People You Never Knew, But Won’t Forget · Steve Rhode - Documentary Podcaster

Melvin Klayman's Story — The Man Who Saw You

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Hundreds showed up for Mel's retirement party out of love, honoring the man who made life better just by being in it, before he created an endowment funding artists he'd never meet.

This episode tells the story of Melvin Clayman, an unassuming Boston bureaucrat who led a double life as a passionate art collector and quiet philanthropist. Through his work building the Boston Public Library's first digital database and his systematic kindness to strangers, artists, and co-workers, Mel created lasting systems of beauty and support that continued long after his death.

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