Alvarez, a 53-year-old former detective, became a face of the ongoing trauma suffered by ailing first-responders, who have been championed by comedian-turned-activist Jon Stewart.

Jon Stewart and Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney stand with other attendees as the hearst carrying former NYPD Detective and 9/11 first responder, Luis Alvarez passes during his funeral service in ...

Mourners honored Luis Alvarez, ... "Luis asked me and the family that we remember at this mass everyone who died on 9/11," Rev. John P. Harrington said at the service.

Luis Alvarez, who joined the NYPD in 1990 and became a top champion of the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund year, had entered a hospice center a week after his appearance with Stewart.

A retired NYPD detective who died of cancer related to his work at ground zero and fought for continued benefits for other 9/11 responders was honored Tuesday at City Hall.

The late New York City police detective who spent his dying days pleading with Congress to extend benefits for his fellow 9/11 first responders was honored Tuesday – as retired Det. Luis Alvarez ...

Officials in New York renamed a local park Tuesday in honor of deceased former New York Police Det. Luis Alvarez, who became the face of struggling 9/11 first responders after became afflicted ...

Family spokesman Matt McCauley confirmed to The Washington Post that Alvarez died in the early hours of Saturday morning due to “9/11-related cancer.” Alvarez had developed colorectal and ...

So his family gathered at Pinelawn National Cemetery, with the 31-year-old new police officer on their minds as they remembered his uncle — Sept. 11th victims' advocate and former NYPD Det. Luis ...

His family announced his death in a post on Facebook. ... Page 30 of the New York edition with the headline: Luis Alvarez, 53, Detective Who Fought for the Care of 9/11 Responders, Dies.