When Elliott phoned me to inform me of Jerry‘s death I was utterly stunned. My shock quickly gave way to grief. Our paths only occasionally crossed in recent years, but Jerry was a huge part of mine and my ex-wife Elaine’s life for many years in our younger years. Yes Jerry was possessed of a memorably dry wit, which in our later contacts, he certainly never lost. He was a great friend and I will never forget him, one reason for the latter is that, when I was hospitalized ten years ago this very month due a freakish fall the nature of which demanded immediate surgery, who should come to visit me but Jerry. He was exemplifying his always-kind-hearted nature and, in so doing demonstrating that, for him, a friend was always a friend.
I will miss not having Jerry in the world
Lovingly, Alan Parry
