Max Gomez, Longtime TV Medical Reporter, Dies at 72

, an award-winning medical and science journalist who delivered informed reports for more than 40 years on TV stations in New York and Philadelphia, most recently during the Covid-19 pandemic, died on Sept. 2 at his home in Manhattan. He was 72.

His partner, Amy Levin, said the cause was head and neck cancer, with which he had been diagnosed four years ago.

Billed as “Dr. Max,” he brought an easygoing gravitas to reporting on…