For those of you who know me well you know that I went to acting school and became an actor for 5 years over a decade ago. In school I became best friends with Murray Gerschenz, better know as "MusicMan Murray. Murray was in his late seventies then. We became instant friends. We both gave our instructor June Chandler a run for her money because we are outspoken individuals. Murray spent holidays at my home with family and friends for the the last decade. At the closing of every holiday evening he would sing a song before he left for home. A feeling of warmth and belonging was had by all. Murray was also a professional singer and cantor for many years. I left acting to become an artist and Murray trudged on with acting. He had many successes with his acting. The role that is being remember most on the internet right now is "Felix" in the movie "The Hang Over". He is laughing about that right now. He also owned a vinyl record store in the LA area. That is a long story that has been made into a documentary. I remember spending 3 days counting the collection several years ago. We had to measure it by the foot. Each foot contained about 100 record albums. We ended up with a count of 275,000 records! I was privileged to be at his birthday in May with his immediate family. We both were in fair health. Him with a few issues and me on a cane from a military injury. I will treasure the moments we spent together from heckling June to sharing a beer and our thoughts about life. He liked Sam Adams. Murray left us yesterday August 18, 2013. Cheers. Murray Demo Reel youtube/watch?v=D0qrrV5Uwpg Murray / Sarah Silverman / Ed Asner vimeo/38931480 Murray / Superbowl Chevy Commercial youtube/watch?v=nFGGfmj_jPg
Posted on: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 05:19:06 +0000
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