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\u201cWe\u2019re meeting at the hospital today. Bring a headshot. We aren\u2019t allowed in. Larry\u2019s room. We\u2019ll put our pictures on the wall. He\u2019ll know we\u2019re there.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Larry\u2019s been in isolation at Sherman Oaks Hospital for a week now. He has some mysterious virus. Larry with the shy grin. He may be shortest Les Cagelle, but he is by far the sweetest. Need a hand to hold, an ear to listen, Larry\u2019s there. <\/p>\n Sitting in the corridor, outside his hospital room asking questions that had no answers. The next week we gather at The Little Church in Sherman Oaks for Larry\u2019s Memorial. And so it begins. The hospital visits \u2013 the memorials \u2013 the tears \u2013 the red ribbons.<\/p>\n A scary time. A grieving time. A time that bonded us forever. A little after nine on a sunny May morning in California the phone rings. It\u2019s Tommy: \u201cWe\u2019re meeting at the hospital today. Bring a headshot. We aren\u2019t allowed in. Larry\u2019s room. We\u2019ll put our pictures on the wall. He\u2019ll know we\u2019re there.\u201d Larry\u2019s been in isolation at Sherman Oaks Hospital for a week now. He has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":295,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-highlight"],"metadata":{"_edit_lock":["1690298074:295"]},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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