New York loses another native...
I just found out that the actor/singer/dancer Jerry Orbach has died from cancer at the young age of 69.
Like John Lennon, I always thought of Jerry as one of those New Yawkers who liked it here and didn't go "Hollywood" despite the fact that he could have afforded to live high up on hill in La-La Land, isolated from everyone. I was lucky enough to see Jerry in a revival of "42nd Street" and wished I could have seen him in the original "Fantasticks." Currently, I am playing a computer game version of "Law & Order" in which he does his own acting.
Occasionally, I would see him on the streets of Manhattan and I'd wave and say "hi". He'd say "hi" back and smile, never pretentious or snobby. I have always had a fondness for the old Broadway hoofers who stayed in New York and still kept a foot on the Great White Way, as Jerry hosted PBS shows on the history of Broadway and similar programs.
Jerry, New York and I will miss you.
posted by Ingrid Weber @ 1:53 PM
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