The Untold Story Of Nate Berkus

The Untold Story Of Nate Berkus At 9:30 in the morning on December 26, 2004, Nate Berkus and his partner were sitting in a beachside cabana at the Stardust Hotel in Arugam Bay, Sri Lanka. Within minutes, both of them were swept off their feet by the deadliest tsunami in recorded history. One of them made it back. The other was never found. Nate Berkus, at that point, was already a familiar face on national television — a regular design contributor on The Oprah Winfrey Show and the owner of a Chicago firm he had built from scratch at age twenty-four. H is partner, Fernando Bengoechea, was an Argentine-born photographer whose work had appeared in some of the most recognized design publications in the world. He was thirty-nine years old.