WARNER--John Berryman. On February 18, 2025, John died peacefully at home, surrounded by his loving family, from complications of ALS disease. He was 72. He is survived by five siblings, Georgiana Warner Kaempfer, Alexandra Warner Nash, Andrew H. Warner of Washington, DC, Elizabeth Brown of Cabin John, MD, and Leta Warner Drakoulias of Los Angeles, CA, four stepsons, eight nieces and nephews, and seven grandnieces and nephews.

He was born in Santiago, Chile during his father's foreign service career (the late William W. Warner), and lived in Chile, Guatemala, and Costa Rica, before returning to Washington, DC where he attended the Landon School. He graduated from St. Paul's School, attended NYU Film School, and lived in Los Angeles, New York City, and Washington, DC. He had a long career in the music business, working with bands such as Soul Asylum, Living Color, Lloyd Cole, Prefab Sprouts, The Romantics, and the Beastie Boys. He had a second career in the restaurant business, realizing a life-long dream to open a French bistro, Le Zinc, in Washington, DC in 2011.

During the pandemic, he started a wood delivery business to help fill the need for safer outdoor gatherings; his shiny white Ford pickup truck with the "Warner Bros. Firewood" emblem was a frequent and welcome sight in his Palisades neighborhood and many other areas throughout the city.

In the last years of his life he moved to Red Hook, Brooklyn, to pursue a new interest in woodworking. With his outgoing nature and boundless curiosity, he quickly became a fixture in the community. John will be remembered for his devotion to his family and many close friends, his generosity, kindness, intense desire to learn about everything interesting and new, his strong opinions, and the beautiful tables he made for his family shortly before he died. ALS robbed him of his ability to speak, to eat food, to work with his hands, to breathe without a machine, but couldn't dim his strong spirit and loving heart. A memorial service will be held in the spring. In lieu of flowers, contributions should be made to the ALS Association. www.als.org.

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Published by New York Times on Mar. 2, 2025.