Thanks for the thoughts about Albert Marre. But just send vibes for his wife Mimi's strength through this, for me the times I got to speak with him were fun and really nice. Albie still seemed so lovely to chat with before one of Skip's shows in May of this year, though he had to sit down and was looking for a seat rather urgently when I first saw them - but heck, I have to sit down sometime when I've been on my feet a bit and I'm a lot younger than he is, and it was ugly wet weather that night. I remember thinking what a dear man at his age for him and Mimi to make that effort to come all the way downtown - in that horrible weather - to see Skip's show, and not full of himself at all with all the success he'd had, of course because we were Mimi's friends, but still.... i didn't realize he was 86..
