Oh, so sad to hear your passing Lance. I was hoping to see you at the next re-union. Such a nice person and I will be thinking of you especially today.
Very sorry to hear about Lance. He and I got together a number of months ago here in Scottsdale. It was great spending time with him. He was a kind and sensitive person. My condolences.
When I first met him, I was struck by the prose and poetry of his name, Lance Donatello, and his chiseled handsome face that made him look older than the rest of us, ready to be cast in Spartacus or Ben Hur or with Dion & The Belmonts. Yet he made anyone around him feel immediately comfortable. Lance was so down to earth that I was not surprised — perhaps 16 years after he signed my yearbook — to see him at an outdoor concert in South Orange (Squeeze might have been the headliner) selling watchbands he handcrafted out of leather. I did not buy one because I had only worn one watch in my life (a Tricky Dick Nixon watch my coworkers gave me because of my Watergate obsession, which hasn’t let up: I just downloaded Bernard Barker, Frank Sturgis and E. Howard Hunt files that were part of the recent JFK assassination declassified documents release. That watch ceased working almost immediately and my wife asserted that I had an unsually strong magnetic field that was screwing up many items, so I never replaced the watch - yet I wound up writing an award winning ad campaign and marketing materials for 3 different watch brands). When I read this week that Lance had become an acupuncturist it seemed to me to be a natural evolution of the skills he honed punching holes in leather. While I was saddened by the news, it was good to see that his dark hair grayed so artfully. Lou Calasibetta told me Lance once asked him if he should buy a car made in Spain; but we don’t know if he ever bought it. Our condolences to his family and friends.
Emily Wilson (Stanton)
Oh, so sad to hear your passing Lance. I was hoping to see you at the next re-union. Such a nice person and I will be thinking of you especially today.
Love,
Emmy
David Lorber
Very sorry to hear about Lance. He and I got together a number of months ago here in Scottsdale. It was great spending time with him. He was a kind and sensitive person. My condolences.
Gerald McAllister
Feel sad about hearing of Lance’s passing. He was a great guy, and as friends we shared in some memorable experiences that will not be forgotten.
David Cannon
When I first met him, I was struck by the prose and poetry of his name, Lance Donatello, and his chiseled handsome face that made him look older than the rest of us, ready to be cast in Spartacus or Ben Hur or with Dion & The Belmonts. Yet he made anyone around him feel immediately comfortable. Lance was so down to earth that I was not surprised — perhaps 16 years after he signed my yearbook — to see him at an outdoor concert in South Orange (Squeeze might have been the headliner) selling watchbands he handcrafted out of leather. I did not buy one because I had only worn one watch in my life (a Tricky Dick Nixon watch my coworkers gave me because of my Watergate obsession, which hasn’t let up: I just downloaded Bernard Barker, Frank Sturgis and E. Howard Hunt files that were part of the recent JFK assassination declassified documents release. That watch ceased working almost immediately and my wife asserted that I had an unsually strong magnetic field that was screwing up many items, so I never replaced the watch - yet I wound up writing an award winning ad campaign and marketing materials for 3 different watch brands). When I read this week that Lance had become an acupuncturist it seemed to me to be a natural evolution of the skills he honed punching holes in leather. While I was saddened by the news, it was good to see that his dark hair grayed so artfully. Lou Calasibetta told me Lance once asked him if he should buy a car made in Spain; but we don’t know if he ever bought it. Our condolences to his family and friends.
Doug Fritts
Very sorry to hear of Lance's passing. He was a freind and I always enjoyed his company. My condolances to his family.