The Public May Think I’m Weird: Paul Reubens, 1952-2023
I hear his voice first. Not as Pee-wee Herman, a character I frankly never liked…
Words to Become Notes and Conversations to Become Symphonies: Tina Turner, 1939-2023
Tina Turner’s was probably the most famous gas credit card in history. It’s the one…
We Have More to Do: Harry Belafonte, 1927-2023
His two biggest influences were Paul Robeson and Martin Luther King, Jr. He sang with…
I Can Have It All: Irene Cara, 1959[?]-2022
It was one of the times in my life I spent the most isolated. My…
Providing I Can Put One Foot in Front of the Other, I Will Continue to Act: Angela Lansbury, 1925-2022
Angela Lansbury was the fourth person I wrote about for Celebrating the Living. She had…
You Know, I Lived in the Real World: Louise Fletcher, 1934-2022
There is a lot more to Louise Fletcher than One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.…
I Had Wanted All My Life to Work in a Disney Film: Pat Carroll, 1927-2022
I’m not sure anyone pictures her first. Oh, someone must, I suppose, but you hear…
One Goes and Does One’s Best: David Warner, 1941-2022
He was on the schedule for November. As I’ve said before, it’s the risk you…
Ride Forever: Kenneth Welsh, 1942-2022
It gives me no little happiness to announce that, in the upcoming new Kids in…
It’s Good For Kids to See That There Are Kids Who Are Different, Who Think Differently: Emilio Delgado, 1940-2022
It seems impossible to remember he was anything other than Luis. He played the role…