Of Diana’s mother’s seven siblings, only the youngest, Tomasso Frascolla, came to the United States settling in Detroit in the early 20s. After meeting and marrying Raffaella (Lina) Ferro in Italy in 1929 they moved to Worcester, Mass., where he and his family resided for decades until shortly after his death in 1985. Diana’s mother […]
Even in his only surviving work for solo organ , a quiet introspective, almost meditative mood stands in stark contrast to the persona he seemed to project that persists in the memories of those who knew him best. “Prelude in C Minor – Evocation” by Garnell Stuart Copeland Diana only learned, quite by accident, of […]
Adelaide Hooker-Marquand (1903 – 1963) was the second wife and widow of John P. Marquand — author of the Mr. Moto spy stories and Pulitzer Prize winning novel, The Late George Apley in 1938. Diana and Tom were engaged in late 1960. Not yet graduated from Harvard, Tom rented a room in Cambridge at the […]
(1950 – 2016) This prompted the obligatory (Diana-esque), “Why don’t you quit that sh*t?” Without missing a beat he retorted (in his most theatrical Cliffo-ese), “Dharlllling, don’t-chew-now … we smokers are a self-extinguishing species?” 4 minute video of Calvin Rensberg and his role in “Sweeney Todd” Calvin Remsberg in Sweeney Todd. Somehow that could not […]
