And I once met the director of “West Side Story”, that being the late Robert Wise (after he replaced Jerome Robbins) at a film seminar back in 1994. Curiously, of the five main leads in that film, all but one are still alive today, even 52 years later (that being Richard Beymer, 74; Russ Tamblyn, 78; George Chakiris, 78; and the great Rita Moreno, 81). Only poor Natalie Wood is gone, and she’d have been 74 this past July.
>>Curiously, of the five main leads in that film, all but one are still alive today<<
Wow, that is a GREAT stat! Sort of like The Dick Van Dyke Show — all the major stars are alive, but we miss Millie and Jerry (a great director).
I saw Rita Moreno in a new TV show the other day. Hubba hubba, that woman has beauty that transcends time!