Gagnon works as an airline clerk, an employee in Pauline’s travel agency, and eventually as a janitor. Their marriage suffers because she was emotionally abusive, and he dies of a heart attack at the age of fifty-four, trapped in a janitor’s closet. In 1994, John Bradley dies after suffering a stroke. Many people come to his wake at his own funeral home, and nobody remembers him for his role in the famous photograph; rather, for his involvement in the community and strength as a man. Gagnon works as an airline clerk, an employee in Pauline’s travel agency, and eventually as a janitor. Their marriage suffers because she was emotionally abusive, and he dies of a heart attack at the age of fifty-four, trapped in a janitor’s closet. In 1994, John Bradley dies after suffering a stroke. Many people come to his wake at his own funeral home, and nobody remembers him for his role in the famous photograph; rather, for his involvement in the community and strength as a man.
