âMississippi Queenâ is the go-to for most people, but âNantucket Sleighrideâ is still one of my all-time favorite songs. i donât know what it is about it, but iâve always loved it.
Here was a man who had spent time with Lennon and Bowie, who was once friends with Sonia Orwell and used to walk round Paris with Samuel Beckett. And yet he made everyone feel special. Every connection mattered.
Aw, fuck. She was wonderful.
96, but this is still awful:
I loved her in that and also in âSounderâ.
He gave advice on the role to Val Kilmer.
I hope he went painlessly.
I saw him on TV once as Mark Twain. Iâll always remember the line: âTrust everyone, but cut the cards.â
They just donât make 'em like him any more.
Addendum: Iâm watching the âLincolnâ TV mini-series; it was broadcast over a period of three years (programming was so weird, still is) - 1974, '75, and 76. Itâs REALLY good so far.
(but I like Fredric Marchâs MT better, sowry)
A pillar of the local community, truly. Made it to 94: