>> TOM SCHAAD: SEE MORE OF THIS INTERVIEW AND THE CHARGES TONIGHT ON WAVY NEWS, 10 AT 10 11, A FAMILY IS MOURNING THE LOSS OF A MAN WELL KNOWN IN HIS NEWPORT NEWS COMMUNITY. 88 YEAR-OLD GUNTER MORGENSTEIN DIED AFTER EATING MEAT. >> BUT TURNED OUT TO BE PART OF A MASSIVE RECALL FROM BOAR'S HEAD AS THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES INTO THAT TAINTED MEAT 10 ON YOUR SIDE ACTUALLY NIGHT SAT DOWN WITH THE VICTIM'S SON AND SHARES HIS STORY ACTUALLY. OLENA IF YOU LIVED NEAR GUNTER MORGENSTEIN, YOU'VE LIKELY HAD A CONVERSATION WITH HIM. HIS FAMILY SAYS HE WAS THE MOST OUTGOING PERSON. THEY KNEW A FRIEND TO EVERYONE. THAT'S JUST ONE OF THE MANY THINGS THEY WILL MISS ABOUT HIM. >> INITIALLY RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL FOR DIFFICULTY BREATHING GUARD. SEAN MORGENSTEIN THOUGHT HIS FATHER WOULD JUST BE IN THE HOSPITAL A SHORT WHILE. HE WAS ALREADY SHOWING SIGNS OF IMPROVEMENT THE DAY AFTER BEING ADMITTED. >> HE WAS DOING BETTER EATING FULL MEALS ON HIS ONLINE TUESDAY. AND WHAT HAVE YOU? WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DISCHARGED WEDNESDAY. >> BUT GUNTER MORGAN STEIN'S WIFE, PEGGY INSISTED THEY STAY IN THE HOSPITAL, SAYING HER HUSBAND JUST DIDN'T LOOK RIGHT AND SEEMED TO BE GETTING WEAKER. THEY RAN MORE TESTS AND FOUND LISTERIA WHICH TURNED INTO MENINGITIS THEY TRACED IT BACK TO LIVERWURST. MORGENSTEIN HAD GOTTEN RECENTLY AT THE STORE. HE DIED 10 DAYS AFTER ENTERING THE HOSPITAL GUARD. SHAUN REMEMBERS VISITING HIM BEFORE HE PASSED. HE WOULD HOLD MY HAND SQUEEZE MY HAND. GUNTER MORGENSTEIN ESCAPED GERMANY DURING THE HOLOCAUST MOVING TO CANADA AND LATER, NEWPORT NEWS HE STUDIED COSMETOLOGY AND BECAME A MASTER HERE DESIGNER TEACHING AT SALONS ACROSS CANADA. HE WORKED WITH TOM JONES AND JOHNNY MATHIS. EVEN MEETING MUHAMMAD ALI NATURALLY TALKING TO PEOPLE CAME LIKE SECOND NATURE. >> LIKE MIND BLOWING TO ME THAT SOMEBODY CAN JUST GO UP AND TALK TO A STRANGER BECAUSE I'M THE. >> COMPLETE OPPOSITE. MY MOM OF THOSE MET HIM BECAUSE WOULD GO TO THE STORE DE. YEAH. GO GET SOMETHING SURE THING TO DO WOULD BE BACK IN 30 MINUTES. YOU KNOW, HE'S GONE FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF LIKE TALKING TO EVERYBODY. >> HIS GREGARIOUS NATURE, JUST ONE ASPECT OF WHAT MADE HIM SO SPECIAL TO HIS FAMILY. >> A SENSE HUMOR AS PERSONNEL THAT, YOU KNOW, HE WAS JUST A VERY LOVING PERSON. I JUST. REALLY REGRET THAT. I NEVER GOT TO SAY GOODBYE. >> STEPHANIE HUDSON: A CELEBRATION OF LIFE WILL BE HELD SEPTEMBER 8TH IN NEWPORT NEWS, MORGENSTEIN HAS FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST BOAR'S HEAD WITH THE LAW FIRM RON SIMON AND ASSOCIATES. MORRIS HAD CONTINUES TO UPDATE THAT RECALL. YOU CAN FIND THAT