I wanted to add one thing to the various posts about ACL and Thommie Walsh.
Thommie would (I think) be the 4th of the original cast members to die. Back around 1993 or so, we lost a very dear and close friend of our's here in Phoenix. His name was Rick Mason, and he was not only in the original cast, but also did all of the original "workshop sessions" that created the characters for the book. His registered "Equity name" was Cameron Mason.
He was a sweet, very funny, multi-talented, caring and warm guy, and his death was devastating to Kerry and I. He truly had become like a brother to us. Rick was also partners with Clive (from the orig. ACL cast) for a few years, but they had ended their relationship but remained friends.
Ironically, when I got to know our fearless Grande Mensch here at HHW, I was surprised that he also had known Rick Mason, and in fact I think Rick had gotten him tickets to the original run of ACL in New York. Small world!