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Copyright: March 19, 2023
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DAYS TO COME WAS PROPHETIC

Ominous music opens Lillian Hellman’s second play, Days to Come, a family drama set against the backdrop of labor strife in a small Ohio town which threatens to tear apart both town and family. "It’s the story of innocent people on both sides who are drawn into conflict and events far beyond their comprehension," Hellman said in an interview before Days to Come opened in 1936. "It’s the saga of a man who started something he cannot stop…"

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

Andrew Rodman is running the family brush factory business and failing at it. The workers are out on strike and things are getting desperate. "Papa would have known what to do," his sister Cora nags, "and without wasting time and money." But it’s too late, Rodman is bringing in strikebreakers, naively failing to anticipate the disastrous impact that this will have on his family and their place in the community where they have lived for generations, according to the official description.

Audiences had no chance to appreciate Days to Come when it premiered on Broadway in 1936; it closed after a week. Hellman blamed herself for the play’s failure. Perhaps she did try to tell too much with flimsy sub plots. The lead topic is relevant.

"Days to Come … turns out to be a gripping piece of storytelling, one whose failure and subsequent obscurity make no sense at all." The Wall Street Journal opined.

A living room scene Days To Come Photo: Todd Cerveris.

Directed by J.R. Sullivan the Mint Theatre in New York City' staged a production which featured: Mary Bacon, Janie Brookshire, Larry Bull, Chris Henry Coffey, Dan Daily, Ted Deasy, Roderick Hill, Betsy Hogg, Geoffrey Allen, Kim Martin-Cotten, and Wendy Rich Stetson

An interesting, well thought out, perfect period living room set with accent pieces of orange and yellow. This is where most of the play occurs. The overall effect implies seriousness even borderline depression, an indication of what's to come. Christian DeAngelis' lighting design is some of the best demonstrating the power of light. At one point attention to detail includes white paper in the typewriter appearing to glow; a man's white shirt is luminescence under a brown vest. In one short scene there is total darkness except for exceptional room lamp lighting, as veiled gestures tell of a fight.

The play centers on a labor dispute at a factory in a small Ohio town where the owner naively fails to anticipate the disastrous impact that hiring strikebreakers will have on his community and his own life. Hellman described the theme of Days to Come as "evil in the hands of people who don’t understand it."

"They can have any union they want but I can't pay their salaries; want to, but can't," explains Rodman.

When a train load of strike breakers comes through town it's mused: "if you ever saw what you wanted would you know it?"

In order to keep the factory open, cuts are made. New hires come aboard for lower wages.

Andy Rodman and his wife are a long term married coupe who have forgotten how to talk to each other. A marriage which started as hopes ended up as habits.

She had her needs met with an affair with her husband’s closest friend, Henry Ellicott; and is now drawn to the factory manager."

Rodman tells his wife that they've "always stood nowhere." Yet, he finds to his surprise that she means something to him.

Roderick Hill and Janie Brookshire in the Mint Theater production of Days to Come. Photo: Todd Cerveris.

As employees are laid off and paychecks end things are stolen from pantry - groceries missing on a regular basis. The meanness that comes with poverty rears its head.

Men are not above blaming each other. People who spent years working one way without thinking about any other. Adaptation doesn't exist. People turn to violence.

Losers never like losers we are told.

Rodman has borrowed on the factory and the house on deals he thought he could make in the next five years. He can't secure any more loans. This was a time when household and business finances weren't the business of the wife. Tempers are unleashed and secrets revealed.

Although it's pointed out that there is "beauty of starving for what you think," Rodman indicates that he doesn't mind dong it for himself but "I don't do it for other people."

A dead body planted in the strike headquarters' alley. Darkness and the wail of police sirens opens the final scene.

Sometimes suggests Rodman, "to do nothing will take all the guts you've got."

The creatives are: Sets: Harry Feiner. Costumes: Andrea Varga. Lights: Christian DeAngelis. Sound: Jane Shaw. Props: Joshua Yocom. Fight Director: Rod Kinter. Dialects & Dramaturgy: Amy Stoller. Casting: Stephanie Klapper, CSA. Production Stage Manager: Jeff Meyers. Stage Manager: Kristi Hess. Illustration: Stefano Imbert. Graphics: Hey Jude Design, Inc. Press: David Gersten & Associates.

Available through April 2, 2023.

The Mint Theater "has been investing in creating professionally shot and edited full length archival videos since 2013. No Zoom boxes or Computer-Generated Imagery, these are professional quality, hi-definition, three-camera recordings of live performances, captured in the theater with live audiences. The price of admission is free. Available at Mint’s virtual theater, MintTheater.org.

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ART AND ABOUT

FIRST KINGS OF EUROPE

Photo: Field Museum.

travel back to 5000 BCE to explore the rise to power of ancient Europe’s first kings and queens. Uncover what prehistoric tools, weapons, and ritual sculptures can tell us about life in the Balkans’ earliest societies. Venture through the trade routes that shaped the world as we know it today.

Immerse yourself in the ceremonies of the Ages as you view a Neolithic altar, and hear the crackling fire of a life-sized funerary pyre simulation. See the precious axes, swords, and crowns that turned warriors into royals and forever changed the structure of society.

First Kings of Europe brings together the work and stories of 26 museums and 11 countries throughout southeastern Europe.

Exhibition Highlights:
The oldest human-made gold objects, known as the Varna treasure, created over 6,000 years ago
Bronze Age masterpieces of swordmaking and armor
The glimmering gold crown of a Thracian prince, featuring a wreath of gold leaves and the figure of Nike, the Goddess of victory.
The famous "Borovo Treasure" of sphinx and horse-shaped drinking cups, part of a feasting set once owned by King Kotys I
Multimedia video, audio, and soundscapes made to immerse you in ceremonial rituals of this eras

First Kings of Europe opens on March 31st at the Field Museum in Chicago.

The exhibit is also slated for display in New York City, and Gatineau, Canada.From April 5, 2024 to January 19, 2025, it will be staged at the Canadian Museum of History Gatineau.

"The Field Museum is grateful to the ministries, research institutes, and enthusiastic advocates for First Kings of Europe in the following countries and we give heartfelt thanks to our museum partners."

ALBANIA
Archaeological Museum in Tirana/Institute of Archaeology

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina

BULGARIA
National Museum of History
Rousse Regional Museum of History
Varna Regional Museum of History

CROATIA
Archaeological Museum in Zagreb
HUNGARY
Budapest History Museum
Déri Museum
Hungarian National Museum
Koszta József Museum
Móra Ferenc Museum
Munkácsy Mihály Museum
Szent István Király Museum
KOSOVO
National Museum of Kosovo

MONTENEGRO
Museums and Galleries of Podgorica

NORTH MACEDONIA
Institute for Protection of Cultural Heritage and Museum–Bitola
Institute for Protection of the Monuments of Culture and Museum–Prilep
National Institution Museum–Gevgelija

ROMANIA
Buzau County Museum
Museum of Oltenia
National History Museum of Romania National Museum of Transylvanian History
Neam County Museum Complex
The Museum of Gumelnia Culture

SERBIA
National Museum of Serbia

SLOVENIA
National Museum of Slovenia.

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SWEET CHARITY

ELTON JOHN'S ACADEMY AWARDS VIEWING PARTY raised over $9 million.

"I’m delighted to have reunited with all of my friends tonight after such a long time apart and better yet, to have raised over $9 million for the fight against AIDS," says Sir Elton John. "We mustn’t forget that HIV is still causing needless suffering around the world and we must protect those most vulnerable to this disease with testing and compassionate care. We can see an end to AIDS in our lifetimes, but first we must break down stigma and discrimination and provide equal access to healthcare to finally end the epidemic for everyone, everywhere."

AMY DULAKE a British projectionist and cinema manager, who devoted her life to film died December 22, 2022. It has been announced that she left her estate to the Film and TV Charity to enable others to thrive in the industry she loved. The charity states: "for which we are extremely grateful."

She mainly worked at the Kinema in the Woods as part on an all-female team, working there right through to her retirement.

Amy Dulake started out as a projectionist at the Kinema in the Woods in Lincolnshire in the 1960s before going on to manage several independent cinemas in the area, including Spilsby and Mablethorpe. She returned to the Kinema in 1985 to take over the management of the venue from her mother who was retiring, where she stayed until her own retirement.

THE PATRIOT TOUR escorts one American Flag through all 50 states. Over the course of 115 days, tens of thousands of people come together to honor the members of America’s Armed Forces. "The goal of the Patriot Tour is to unite Americans beneath the colors of our nation’s Flag and to support the men and women who bravely stand up to defend it. Everyone is welcome. Find the closest stop to you and join the effort."

The purpose of the Patriot Tour is to provide financial relief to America’s veterans and their families. As a nonprofit organization, "we rely on the generous support of our corporate sponsors and individual donors in order to do this. 100% of the financial support you give will go directly to a veteran household in need."

SPREADING THE WORD

CAR SEX if you have sex in a car resulting in contracting an STD is that ccvered by the auto insurance policy?

As first reported in The Volokh Conspiracy which is a group legal blog co-founded in 2002 by University of California-Los Angeles School of Law professor Eugene Volokh, covering legal and political issues.

The policy holder, Martin Brauner, had contended that GEICO is responsible for paying damages to his sexual partner, identified as M.O. in the litigation. M.O. had contracted human papillomavirus in his 2014 Hyundai Genesis.

Brauner [the insured] … argued that the HPV was contracted [by his sexual partner] as a result of a common, foreseeable, automobile use—sexual relations in a car. Defendant Brauner argued that the injury here is a result of a natural and reasonable incident or consequence of the use of the involved vehicle, and Kansas law requires no more than a minimal causal connection between the use of the vehicle and the injury. Brauner argues that "people have been generally known to have used vehicles as a venue for sexual relations dating back to the invention of the automobile and if GEICO wanted to exclude coverage for sex in a car, it could have done so."

GEICO argued that the auto at issue in this case was not being used as a vehicle when the transmission of HPV occurred; instead, it was the mere situs of the alleged negligence, or at best was being used as a shelter (which is also an insufficient use under Kansas law to trigger coverage under Kansas auto policies).

Upon review of the parties' arguments, the Court finds that consensual sexual relations inside a car do not constitute a "use" of the automobile within the meaning of the subject policy. If the Court applied a mere "foreseeability" concept such as what Brauner advocates for in his reply suggestions to his summary judgment motion, all manner of injuries would become covered injuries despite having no real relationship between the use of an auto as an auto. Here, there is no real causal connection between the transmission of HPV and Brauner's vehicle; instead, the vehicle is the mere situs of the transmission of venereal disease. Accordingly, the Court finds that summary judgment must be granted in GEICO's favor.

The court also noted, Defendant Brauner also argues that the use of a car for consensual sex is an activity that 50% or more American adults have engaged in … citing Cindy Struckman-Johnson, Kayla Nalan-Sheffield, & Samuel Gaster, Sexual Behavior in Parked Cars Reported by Midwestern College Men and Women, The Journal of Sex Research (2017). After reviewing that article, which provides the results of an anonymous survey of a mere 195 men and 511 women at a small midwestern university, the Court is dubious that such study stands for the broad proposition asserted by Defendant Brauner that 50% or more of all American adults have engaged in such behavior.

SONGBOOK SUNDAYS at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Dizzy's Club presents A Little Bit of Lerner and Lowe with two shows on Sunday, March 26, 2923.

A Little Bit of Lerner and Loewe swings the legendary songs of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe as Jazz at Lincoln Center American Songbook celebrates the first week of spring at Dizzy's Club. This Songbook Sundays jam party heats up the legendary tunes with a fresh jazz take on such hits as My Fair Lady; Brigadoon; Camelot; Gigi and Paint Your Wagon.

Hosted and curated by leading American Songbook expert Deborah Grace Winer, the set features Lerner and Loewe's greatest songs—from "The Street Where You Live" and "I Could Have Danced All Night" to "If Ever I Would Leave You" and "Almost Like Being in Love." Performers include, Tony Award nominee Christiane Noll, Broadway's stellar Matthew Scott and young JALC artist Ekep Nkwelle.

Music director Tedd Firth leads an inter-generational band of jazz stars including Endea Owens on bass, Bryan Carter on drums, and JALC young artist Summer Camargo on trumpet.

In the spirit of swing, the mission of Jazz at Lincoln Center is to entertain, enrich and expand the global community for jazz through performance, education and advocacy. Dizzy's Club offers live jazz performances with panoramic views of the Manhattan skyline and Central Park.

TRANSPORT GROUP ANNOUNCES INDUSTRY-ONLY READING OF SPLIT conceived by Michele Lowe, with book by Lowe and music and lyrics by Zoe Sarnak.

The musical stars Katie Thompson, with Kerstin Anderson; Tyrone Davis, Jr.; Katrina Rose Diderikson; Santino Fontana ; Jason Gotay; Monica Ramirez; and Jacob Keith Watson.

The project is directed by Artistic Director Jack Cummings III. Rodney Bush serves as music director; Avery Trunko stage manages.

Monday, March 20 and Tuesday, March 21, 2023.

In Split, a mother and daughter bound by a love of science embark on a road trip to the Grand Canyon in the summer of 1953. Lillian, a former librarian at Los Alamos during WWII, has a secret goal—to set daughter Amy’s life on a different course—away from her fiancé and into college—but by the end of their journey, it will be Amy who changes her mother’s life forever.

This musical has been developed under Transport Group’s Joanna & Steven Sanders New Works Program, which sees projects through from commission to full production.

PATTI LuPONE in her Don’t Monkey with Broadway show. Performance Saturday, March 25 . The Broadway legend and three-time Tony Award-winner will be performing classic Broadway show tunes. T Known for her extraordinary career on Broadway, in Don’t Monkey with Broadway, LuPone will share how her life-long love affair with Broadway began through the likes of Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, Jule Styne, Stephen Schwartz, Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, Cole Porter, and Irving Berlin. Don’t Monkey with Broadway is conceived and directed by Scott Wittman with music direction by Joseph Thalken.

Saturday, March 25, 2023 at the State Theatre in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY

STREAMING SERVICES will spend $8.5B on Sports Rights in 2023. New major NFL deals with Amazon and YouTube mean streamers will account for one fifth of all sports rights spend this year, according to Ampere Analysis.

DOWNTON ABBEY'S HIGHCLERE CASTLE has stopped doing weddings as it has been unable to hire enough workers since Brxit became official. The Victorian castle — located in Hampshire in Southern England - has also closed afternoon teas it offered to the public.

Filming of Downton Abbey was a powerful tourist draw. Since the show has stopped filming, tourist interest has slackened off.

Fiona Carnarvon, who owns Highclere with her husband, the eighth Earl of Carnarvon, told the press that Covid and the cost of living crisis had also contribute to a drop in income.

According to official reports, since leaving the European Union, Britain has faced worker shortages in areas such as manufacturing, construction and logistics.

Eligibility rules for work visas have been relaxed in a range of professions but the list does not include the hospitality sector.

Lady Carnarvon said the castle gift shop had also lost about a third of its business after it stopped shipping to the EU amid increased courier costs and paperwork.

However, nothing boost the spirit like spirits. Lady Carnarvon reported she is optimistic about new revenue streams, including Highclere-branded gin which is selling in the US for $42 a bottle.

Highclere Castle has hosted breath-taking weddings – both fictional and real. Couples are drawn to the charm of the 5,000-acre Hampshire estate and its 17th century castle. More recently, in 2021, the castle was the venue for the nuptials of the late Queen’s godson, the Hon. Harry Herbert, son of the 7th Earl of Carnarvon, and glamorous TV chef Clodagh McKenna.

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ABC'S WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS has been named a 2023 NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame Inductee/ The long-running sports anthology series will be inducted into the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Broadcasting Hall of Fame at the 2023 NAB Show as this year's television inductee. The show, which aired on ABC from 1961-1998, will be honored at NAB Show during the NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame Ceremony on the Main Stage, held April 17 in Las Vegas.

Legendary journalist Jim McKay served as the longtime host of the iconic sports series, which brought athletics from across the globe into living rooms of Americans on Saturday afternoons for 37 years. Fulfilling the promise of the show's opening sequence of "Spanning the globe to bring you the constant variety of sport," McKay and the show's co-hosts introduced sports that were not traditionally broadcast on television in the United States, such as rodeo, badminton and barrel jumping.

Kevin Negandhi will accept the award on behalf of ABC. Negandhi co-anchors SportsCenter, ESPN's flagship news and information program, and is part of the ESPN on ABC College Football studio team.

"ABC's Wide World of Sports transformed sports broadcasting by opening our eyes to unique sporting events across the globe and offering a one-of-a-kind perspective," said NAB President and CEO Curtis LeGeyt. "The combination of renowned journalists, award-winning athletes and off-beat sports propelled the show into a category of its own. Congratulations to ABC's Wide World of Sports on the 'thrill of victory' marking its induction into the NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame."

The NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame recognizes radio and television personalities or programs that have earned a place in broadcasting history. Past television show inductees include "America's Funniest Home Videos," "FOX NFL Sunday," "Meet the Press," "The Price is Right" and "Saturday Night Live."

NAB Show, held April 15 - 19, 2023 in Las Vegas, "is celebrating its centennial year as the preeminent conference and exhibition driving the evolution of broadcast, media and entertainment. It is the ultimate marketplace for next-generation technology inspiring superior audio and video experiences. From creation to consumption, across multiple platforms, NAB Show is where global visionaries convene to bring content to life in new and exciting ways."

THE LATIN RECORDING ACADEMY announces Latin Grammy winner and Grammy nominee Erika Ender and Maureen J. Reidy as new serving Board members of The Latin Academy for the next three years. Ender and Reidy, along with the continuing members of the Board, assume the great responsibility of helping chart the course of the organization and ensure its continued success.

Luis Balaguer and Carla Estrada have reached their serving term limits and will be retiring from the Board.



SEA CREATURES written by Cordelia Lynn, recipient of the 2020 Berwin Lee Award and the 2017 Harold Pinter Commission

Directed by James MacDonald.

"A poignant and hilarious play about love, sex, birth, death and salsa classes, following three generations of women. The play explores themes of loss, grief, and memory interwoven with sea mythology and folklore from the British Isles."

Where's Robin?
Where's Robin?"

In a cottage by the sea, four women live in a house made for five. Meals are prepared, stories are shared and the tide breaks on the shore. When only one of their two guests arrives for the summer, it isn’t quite the reunion they were all hoping for.

Sea Creatures will star Geraldine Alexander as Shirley, Pearl Chanda as George, Thusitha Jayasundera as Sarah and Grace Saif as Toni.

They will be joined by Tom Mothersdale, Tony Turner and June Watson.

March 24-29 April 29 at Hampstead Theatre, London.

PICNIC written by William Inge.

Directed by John Farmanesh-Bocca.

Starring Symphony Canady, Mattie Harris Lowe, Erika Holmes, Ronin Lee, Sydney A. Mason, Caitlin O’Grady, Derrick Parker, Yolanda Snowball, Rosemary Thomas, Ahkei Togun, Monti Washington.

A revival of Picnic, the sensual, passionate and delightfully funny Pulitzer Prize winning play. Set in small town Kansas, this is a sexy world, dangerous and cruel, where residents keep each other in their place while longing to break free. When a handsome young drifter named Hal arrives on the eve of the annual Labor Day picnic, his combination of uncouth manners and titillating charm sends the women reeling - especially the beautiful Madge. Friendships are pushed to the limit and the fragile line between restraint and desire is stretched thin. Winner of the 1953 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award.

Previews: March 22 and March 23. Press Preview: March 24 (also open to the public). Performances: March 25 – May 28 at the Odyssey Theatre in Los Angeles, CA.

AS YOU LIKE IT by William Shakespeare.

Directed by Charles Fee.

Comic twists and turns abound in the fertile Forest of Arden, where a disguised Rosalind seeks refuge after being wrongfully banished by her uncle. Her unfortunate exile is transformed into a charming adventure when she encounters colorful fools, witty rustics, and the handsome, lovesick Orlando. A clandestine, gender-bending courtship ensues as some of Shakespeare’s most beloved characters find love, fortune, and their true sense of self in this timeless and transcendent romantic comedy.

Cast: Lynn Robert Berg as Jaques. Danny Bó as Laborer 1/Amiens. Michael Burns as Lord 1/Forester 3/Aubrey. Jodi Dominick as Rosalind. Jonathan Dyrud as Oliver. Mandie Jenson as Celia. Maggie Kettering as Touchstone. Adam Naaman Kirk as Dennis/Forester 2. James Alexander Rankin as Lord 2/Forester 4/Oliver Martext. David Anthony Smith as Duke Frederick/ Duke Senior. Nick Steen as Orlando. M.A. Taylor as Adam/Corin.

Understudies. Ángela Utrera for Phebe; Boe Wank for Le Beau; Joe Wegner for Silvius; Jerrell Williams for Charles/Forester 1.

The production team included: Nicki Cathro, Production Stage Manager. Chris DuVal, Fight Choreographer. Charles Fee, Producing Artistic Director/As You Like It Director. Kim Krumm Sorenson, Costume Designer. Rick Martin, Scenic Designer/Lighting Designer. Imani Sade, Assistant Stage Manager. Matthew Webb, Sound Designer/Composer. March 24 - April 8, 2023 at Great Lakes Theater in Cleveland, Ohio.

CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF by Tennessee Williams. Re-interpretated by Ruth Stage.

Directed by Joe Rosario.

This provocative and controversial modern staging stars Courtney Henggeler in her New York City stage debut as the central role of Maggie the Cat, Matt de Rogatis reprising his critically acclaimed role as Brick, Obie and Drama Desk Award winner Frederick Weller as Big Daddy, and two-time Tony Award nominee Alison Fraser reprising her role as Big Mama.

Completing the cast are Christine Copley as Mae, Adam Dodway as Gooper, Milton Elliott as Rev. Tooker, and Jim Kempner as Doc Baugh.

The creative team features Matt Imhoff as the set designer, Christian Specht as the lighting designer, Tomas Correa as sound designer and Jesse Meckl as the stage manager. Casting is by Ruth Stage.

Tennessee Williams’ sultry, southern storm of a play about greed, deceit, self-delusion, sexual desire and repression, homophobia, sexism, and the looming specter of death won the Pulitzer Prize in 1955. Ruth Stage’s modern and haunting interpretation is set in an estate in the Mississippi Delta of Big Daddy Pollitt, a wealthy cotton tycoon. The play examines the relationships among members of Big Daddy’s highly dysfunctional family, primarily between his son Brick and Maggie the Cat, Brick’s wife.

This production returns to the Theatre at St. Clement’s after a hit off-Broadway premiere run last summer – the original run was the first time in history that the Tennessee Williams estate had granted for the show to be staged off-Broadway.

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof plays at the Theatre at St. Clement’s with performances set through Friday, March 31, 2023.

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FINAL OVATION

JAY WESTON producer and restaurant critic Jay Weston died on February 28, 2023 of natural causes at the Motion Picture Home in Woodland Hills, CA. He was 93.

Before working in film, Weston worked as a newspaper columnist and as a public relations executive. His first entertainment job was as a Broadway press agent.

In 1968, Weston produced the Broadway play Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?, which launched the career of a then-unknown Al Pacino. The actor went on to win a Tony Award for his performance, even though the play ran for only 39 performances.

Weston's many films include Lady Sings the Blues, starring Diana Ross in her acting debut, which was nominated for five Academy Awards; co-produced For Love of Ivy, the first major studio production to star two black actors Sidney Poitier and Abbey Lincoln; Billy Wilder's last film, Buddy Buddy starring Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon and W.C. Fields and Me with Rod Steiger. He also published a restaurant newsletter for more than 30 years.

He is survived by his ex-wife, Annabelle Weston Shulman; his daughter, Teresa Kraegel (Bill) and grandchildren, Connor and Caroline; sister, Ann Sowers and nephews Greg and Eric Gantwarg.

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