Remembering Mike Purzycki Three members from the Wilmington Hope Commission joined host Tom Byrne to discuss former Mayor Mike Purzycki's legacy as a co-founder of the organization. He Was “Enough”: Remembering Mike Purzycki By Darryl “Wolfie” Chambers, Charles A. Madden, and Tony Allen Mike Purzycki died yesterday at 80. The public record of his life — the Riverfront, the mayoralty, the housing reforms, the man who turned an industrial wasteland into a regional destination — is real and earned.