One last remark before retiring to bed. Just came across an article commemorating Leonard Rossiter. It's hard to believe that he died forty years ago at the age of fifty seven.
A few years ago, the actor Robert Duvall was being interviewed for this paper when, apropos of nothing, he cited Leonard Rossiter as the finest performer he’d ever seen. Four decades after Rossiter’s death, his singular style – manic energy, machine-gun delivery, splenetic intelligence – continues to carry remarkable currency.
