The Stamford community is mourning the loss of a beloved tailor who died due to COVID-19.

Luigi Giorno's custom-tailoring and tuxedo rental shop is closed, but that hasn't stopped community members from coming by to mourn him.

Family members put up signs there after his death, and customers and friends then added notes, flowers and candles to the memorial.

Marietta Giorno-Koehler, his daughter, says he came to America from Italy in 1954 and ended up on Bedford Street in Stamford at Zemo.

Giorno first worked for a different tuxedo shop, then went to Serpe Bros., a business he bought in 1964.

His family describes Giorno as an expert tailor and an extremely generous man, especially to his customers.

"He'd be there on Sunday all day, even if he wasn't open, just to take care of things he had to for his customers," says Giorno-Koehler.

Family says Giorno had a heart condition but was still working until restrictions from the coronavirus outbreak forced him to temporarily close.

Late last month, he started having problems breathing and went to Stamford Hospital, where he tested positive for COVID-19. He died the next day, April 1, at the age of 86.

Giorno's wife and daughter were able to say goodbye to him at the hospital, but his three grandsons couldn't due to the current restrictions.

"I talked to him about the virus and he was like, 'It's my heart, it's nothing, don't worry about it,'" says Dan Giorno, one of Giorno's grandsons.

Giorno's loved ones say they plan to celebrate his life all together once it's safe to do so.

"He was an unbelievable man. He understood how to connect with people," says Chris Giorno, another one of Giorno's grandsons.