I was really drunk at a house party in 1990. I maybe knew 4 people there. The music was going all nice and everything was good. Until I saw the Entertainment Tonight segment that announced Jack Gilford had died. You may remember him from his "sweet old guy" roles on major TV shows from the 70s through the late 80s. Also, he was one of the minor old guys in Cocoon and its forgettable sequel. I saw this news and got really fuckin' bummed. I think I excused myself pretty quick. I was standing in front of the bathroom mirror and crying over this guy. He played a sweet old guy so well. One of the major reasons I was bawling over this actor who I hardly saw was that one night, years before, my grandfather and I were watching Cocoon on cable and the scene where Jack Gilford's character finds his wife dead. That just floored me at the time. My grandfather got really choked up at it too. So when I saw that he'd died it made me remember all that shit and I just cried over it. I was really drunk. Too drunk to keep it together when I found out that this old guy had died.
