Last night, I was doing some research in the New York Public Library's Performing Arts Division, at Lincoln Center. Always placed on display in the Theater Collection, on the third floor, are framed photographs of entertainment luminaries who have recently passed away. That seems to me to be a most poignant and dignified way to honor them. I don't know if other libraries with collections that focus on film, theater, television, opera, and dance do the same thing, but I would recommend that they do so.
This time, amidst pictures of James Brown, Betty Comden, Claude Jane (a lovely French actress), Bettye Ackerman, and Peter Boyle, was one of a personal acquaintance of mine...character actor Jeremy Slate. It was a terrible shock to see Jeremy's photo there, as I hadn't known that he died. He was a great talent and very much a gentleman. Kind and good-humored, he was always a pleasure to talk with.
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