That will teach me to post verbatim. Thanks for clearing up the bit about the lion sleeps.

ChanteyLass, guess you missed the link I put in to the same obit.:-) I liked this bit, esp:

George David Weiss was born in Manhattan on April 9, 1921. He wanted to be a musician. His mother wanted him to be a lawyer. The ensuing emotional battle, he later said, drove him to consult a doctor.

As Mr. Weiss recounted in a 1995 interview with The Miami Herald, the prescription was simple. The doctor asked: "Mrs. Weiss, what would you rather have? A live bum of a musician or a dead lawyer?"