Langley Collyer
1885–1947 (age 62)
Biography
Langley Collyer, born in 1885, shared a lifelong partnership with his brother Homer, and together they pursued mechanical curiosities while caring for one another through decades of personal eccentricity.
Although their unusual reclusiveness culminated in tragedy in 1947, Langley is remembered for his devotion to their home and the silent loyalty he showed his twin brother, a story still whispered at Cypress Hills Cemetery.