Archive Selections Galleries: 2009-2012: Aging Alone: kinggeorgesalone07

Charles Doe rests quietly one afternoon. He spends most days playing his guitar and harmonica, alone in the corner where he lives and listens to the radio. “It is my best friend,” he says of the guitar. “It can’t lie.” He once dreamed of being a musician. During the war, all of his children died and he lost track of his other relatives. King George’s has been his only home for the last decade. He says he would like his guitar to decorate his coffin.

Charles Doe rests quietly one afternoon. He spends most days playing his guitar and harmonica, alone in the corner where he lives and listens to the radio. “It is my best friend,” he says of the guitar. “It can’t lie.” He once dreamed of being a musician. During the war, all of his children died and he lost track of his other relatives. King George’s has been his only home for the last decade. He says he would like his guitar to decorate his coffin.