14 JUNE/JULY 2021 BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED
A TRIBUTE TO LOU SOMOGYI
IN MEMORIAM:
LOU SOMOGYI
Examining The Life
Of The Man Everybody
Should Strive To Be Like
BY TODD D. BURLAGE
T
here are at least a million and one stories and anecdotes about
Lou Somogyi that would serve as a perfect launch point to de-
scribe the joy that this man, this journalist, this husband and this
neighbor brought inside his orbit.
And surprisingly, only a small percentage of these stories have
anything to do with Notre Dame football or Blue & Gold Illustrated,
the two passions most associated with Somogyi.
Our esteemed Senior Editor, Louis "Lou" Somogyi Jr., died tragi-
cally and unexpectedly of a heart attack on April 17 at age 58, shortly
after playing tennis.
Lou at Hammes Bookstore in 2018. STAFF PHOTO
