Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse
Rhode Island lost a great man today. Mike Van Leesten was a community and business leader dedicated to advocating for underserved communities. He brought passion to everything he did, and decency and dignity to how he did it. Oh, I will miss him. Many will. — PolitiTweet.org
Ian Donnis @IanDon
Sad news: Mike Van Leesten, a longtime community activist in Providence, has died. I last saw Mike at the Wexford r… https://t.co/njQNdKwSrB