Monday, May 04, 2020

A cross bearer has died.

May 4, 2020

Greg Zanis, with wife Susan, is visited by well-wishers at his home in Aurora on May 1, 2020. Zanis has been making crosses for those who have been killed by gun violence for years and is now battling terminal cancer. 

Greg Zanis, (click here) an Aurora man who gained national attention for placing crosses at the sites of mass shootings in the United States, has died after a battle with cancer, city of Aurora officials confirmed Monday.

A drive-by event to salute the ailing “Cross Man” was held outside his house on Friday, where hundreds of people drove by to show their support. Zanis has mostly been bed-ridden recently and was on hospice care at his home....