Robert Michael Brooklyn, 78, of Morganton, passed away peacefully on Monday September 21, 2026, following a brief period of declining health.<\/p>\n
Born in London, England, on April 24,1948, Robert came to the United States as a young man to pursue his educational goals. He later made North Carolina his home, where he built a life centered around his work and his love of animals.<\/p>\n
For more than 25 years, Robert owned and operated Bodywork Therapeutic Services, serving the Burke County community as a deep tissue massage therapist. Through his work, he was able to help many people and form meaningful connections with those he served.<\/p>\n
A lifelong lover of cats, Robert cared for many throughout the years, often providing them with a safe and loving home. His compassion for animals was a special and enduring part of his life.<\/p>\n
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in Robert\u2019s memory to The Cats Cradle, 301 Collett Street, Morganton, NC 28655.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Robert Michael Brooklyn, 78, of Morganton, passed away peacefully on Monday September 21, 2026, following a brief period…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":353153,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-353152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=353152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353152\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/353153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}