In Memoriam

3 March 2014, 6:05 am

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The annual “death montage,” as some call it, featured a number of Jewish performers who passed away in the last year.

Sid Caesar may have been the most legendary of them. Also included were Writer Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, who worked with the Merchant-Ivory team and writer-director-actor-philosopher Harold Ramis.

Maximilian Schell was a refuge from Nazi Germany and often played Jews on film, but was, in fact, not Jewish.

After the reel of clips, Bette Midler came out to sing “Wind Beneath My Wings.” It was a touching moment, but I think I’m ready to pay a yearly fee of maybe twenty or twenty-five dollars to ensure that I never have to hear that song again.