"We are born astride a grave - WaynesWorldStage.com

There was an article in The New YorkTimes about an old friend of mine from Detroit.If you haven't noticed, most of my old friends arefrom Detroit. The article said that he was doingvery well and living in New York. I decided tolook him up. I had to do a bit of research, but Igot his office number and gave him a call. Hissecretary was very nice. I explained to her that Iwas an old friend from Detroit. She said, "I'msure that Ivan would love to talk to you, but he'sin kind of a jam right now and I really don'tthink that he's going to be able to call you back."The next day the headlines read: "IvanBoesky Indicted for Fraud." She was right; hedidn't call me back. For readers who are tooyoung to remember Ivan Boesky, he wasarrested, found guilty of insider trading, andsentenced to three and one half years in prisonand fined $100 Million.Ivan went to Wayne University and haddone a bit of acting. He was the manager of hisparents’ bar, The Brass Rail, the longest bar inMichigan. It was around the corner from TheVanguard Playhouse, and I used to hang outthere. Ivan showed me his file on rich youngwomen. He was determined to marry someonefilthy rich. He even offered to get me in on theaction by fixing me up with some of his rejects.He kept a file on every rich girl in the Northeast.278