Friend of Lainie

As I wrote on Facebook, more than 20 years ago Andy led an after-school acting class for children at Solomon Schechter day school. For a few of these kids (probably especially my son), they were not thrilled with school that year and their class with Andy was the highlight of their week. They would even mention him years later. In recent years I got to know Lainie and saw Andy in several productions, most memorable being Tuesdays with Morrie (he was amazing). When I told my son, now 31, about Andy’s passing and asked if he remembered him, he replied, “You mean that cool guy with the slicked back hair – of course!”