Elderly shove victim ID’d as famed voice coach Barbara Maier Gustern

Voice coach Barbara Maier Gustern, 87, was shoved to the bottom in an assault in Chelsea.
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The 87-year-old lady critically injured in a random shove assault Saturday was recognized by her household as a famed voice coach whose college students included Blondie singer Debbie Harry.

Barbara Maier Gustern, who was pushed to the bottom by a youthful lady in Chelsea, stays unconscious with a critical mind harm, her grandson stated on Fb.

Her assailant stays on the unfastened.

Surveillance footage of the suspect who attacked Gustern.

NYPD

“She has suffered traumatic injury to the left aspect of her mind, and has been unconscious all the time,” wrote her grandson, AJ. “She is intubated and we're unclear how a lot she is ready to breathe on her personal.

“Ought to she awake, she's going to most definitely endure speech issues and could also be unable to maneuver her proper aspect,” he stated. “It's a very critical harm.”

He stated he was “incomprehensibly damaged inside” over the mindless assault.

Police stated Gustern was strolling on West twenty eighth Road close to Ninth Avenue round 8 p.m. Thursday when she was shoved from behind in an unprovoked assault.

Her redheaded attacker left the scene, however the NYPD launched surveillance footage of the heartless creep and are looking out for her.

Gustern talked to The Submit about her profession in a 2020 report, when she celebrated her eighty fifth birthday by starring in a live performance along with her former college students — together with Harry, Heidi Rodewald and Stew.

“I wished to do one thing good for the world, and I do know the work they do,” she stated on the time. “I’ve had some unhealthy issues occur to me, however I’ve had an exquisite life.”

A one-time aspiring Broadway singer from Indiana, Gustern went on to turn out to be a extremely regarded and profitable singing coach.

“Do what you'll be able to to your fellow human being, irrespective of how small,” her grandson stated in his Fb submit. “Make the time. Stopping unnecessary loss and violence like this begins with us as people. We should care extra for one another.”