PEOPLE's own Alison Schwartz — who died of complications from the coronavirus — was a bright light with a beautiful smile
would have had the perfect way to begin this article. She’d have known just what to say to grab the reader’s attention, writing a paragraph that managed to be poignant, clever and somehow also funny all at the same time. In normal times, if I were writing something important for People.
I’m not embarrassed to admit I leaned on Ali whenever I needed a brilliant idea or a creative solution to a problem that seemed unsolvable. She may have been younger than me and reported into me, but she was better than me, plain and simple. She was better than all of us on the PEOPLE staff, and believe me, it’s a staff of the quickest, smartest, most creative people in the industry.
That theme became even more obvious when I emailed the staff to let them know the heartbreaking news that we’d lost our dear friend and coworker. I received over a hundred responses from colleagues saying they adored Ali and couldn’t imagine PEOPLE without her. And in the past few days I’ve heard and read countless tributes from current and former coworkers who have reached out or posted to Facebook and Twitter and Instagram with a common sentiment: Ali was special. One of a kind.
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