TheBanyanTree: The Street, Part !!

[Roger Pye]

I encourage you to send it, Sidda, dollars no matter how well meant are 
quickly spent but loving and caring words and actions are beyond price. 
If the man on the crosswalk had been one of my sons - there are three 
and one is gay too - I would want to receive your letter and I would 
treasure it for the rest of my life.

roger

Terri W. wrote:
> Information has drifted in about the "pedestrian/vehicle accident"
> two weeks ago.  There's not very much here to make us feel better.
> The driver of the car was a 19-year-old man/boy.  Going too fast and
> talking on his cell phone.  He insists the pedestrian stepped right
> in front of his vehicle.  Which is true.  The pedestrian was in a
> crosswalk, stepping in front of many vehicles.  The others were
> stopped.
> 
> The pedestrian?  Bill Wingrad (not his real name, but close).  A
> 43-year-old actor, playwright, and screenwriter.  Like many, many,
> many in this neighborhood.  He was a member of the theatre group up
> the street Company of Angels.  They are the ones who brought in to
> Trader Joe's an obituary and photo of Bill and notice of memorial
> services.  The photo is familiar to many of us; Bill was a regular
> customer.
>