Linda Lavin Passes

Linda Lavin has passed away. If I had never been to New York and reviewed, it would mean very little to me. I never enjoyed Alice and rarely watched it.

But I did see her on Broadway and she was fantastic. At her age, she was mainly portraying tough-as-nails women with a protected heart she shared only in layers until she was metaphorically naked on stage. After dismissing her talents from Alice, I changed my opinion when I saw her on stage. Dismissing her on Alice was my limitation.

She was wonderful in The Lyons, a show about family and what happens when a wife and mother suddenly becomes a widow with horrible children. She was great. And she used my epitaph - I blame you.

In You Will Get Sick, she plays an older woman hired to tell a young man's friends and family he has a terminal illness. It is a beautiful story with a fantastic ending. This one moved me.

All this to say, it is sad when someone moves on. I didn't know Linda Lavin (obviously), but I admire her tenacity and talent. Those will live on.