I admired his work (Bruno Gianelli’s story about sailboat racing was one of the best-delivered homilies from The West Wing) and his political activism should be applauded, even though I didn’t agree with his stance on every issue. Ron Silver, gone too soon.
ELSEWHERE: At the Huffington Post, tributes from Frank Luntz, Paul Begala, and Robert Greenwald.
UPDATE: Aside from the kelp speech, this would go close to being my favourite Bruno moment:
Interesting background of Mr. Silver, which I wasn’t previously aware of.
Gone too soon, indeed.
Oh no!
Hmm. Think it might be time to rent out The West Wing again.
Bron,
Do yourself a favour and buy the set. It’s now on its 5th viewing in our house.
Perhaps I will do that with my $900.