Letters to the Dead

the long version

Book Description With loving respect and a desire to pay homage to many who have passed on and to help keep their personalities and talents alive in the public's mind, I wrote letters to the following celebrities and special people in my life: Orson Welles, Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Bill Bryant, Howard Hawks, Robert Mitchum, David Janssen, Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Steve McQueen, Natalie Woods, Milton Krasher, Walter Matthau, Ray Walston, Rock Hudson, Cornel Wilde, Gardner McKay, Fred Holliday, Nick Calisono, Vince Edwards, Red Skelton, Bob Hope, Jayne Mansfield, Joan Crawford, Charles Bronson, John Carroll, Rex Harrison, Jessica Tandy & Hume Cronyn, Richard Burton, Desmond Llewelyn, Michael Hordan, Joe Mankiewicz, Arthur Shields, Harry Guardino, Rick Jason, John Bernardino, Norma Connolly, Emily McLaughlin, David Lewis and Leon Mirrell. And my family and friends: Richard Castle, Helen Coffey, Mary, Jack Kogel, my father, my mother, Dr. Goodrich, and my daughter. This is my last tribute to many of those wonderful souls that passed through my life that I honor in this way.