Garry Marshall, prolific director, writer, and actor, died on Tuesday (July 19). His last writer credit was for the 2016 movie “Mother’s Day” starring Julia Roberts, Jennifer Anniston, Kate Hudson and Jason Sudekis. Not to mention that his first leading man, Happy Days’s Ron Howard, is now an Oscar-winning director in his own right. The interview was recorded at Book Passage Bookstore, in Corte Madera, California.
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Marshall was born Garry Kent Maschiarelli in the Bronx, New York, to a tap dance teacher and an industrial film director.
Rest in peace Garry Marshall. But if he has something that doesn’t do great, he’s not around those people who won’t speak to you or will make you feel awful.’ CHARLEY GALLAY/GETTY IMAGES FOR TV LAND …
“Garry Marshall was everything one could hope in a family man and talented artist who LOVED his life and art”, Jaime Lee Curtis posted on Twitter.
Marshall grew up in a three-bedroom apartment on the Grand Concourse, along with his siblings Ronny Marshall, a television producer, and his sister, actress Penny Marshall, who starred in his sitcom “Laverne and Shirley”. “The moon was too bright and my heart was too full of fresh grief at Garry’s passing”. He turned the beloved Neil Simon play The Odd Couple into a long-running television show with Jack Klugman and Tony Randall.
Marshall brought some of the most memorable shows to television.
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“Happy Days” cast members Anson Williams also issued a statement on Marshall: “Garry Marshall gave me the opportunity of many lifetimes and, more importantly genuine love and friendship; a love that transcended far beyond show business”, said Williams. He also worked on holiday-themed films like “Mother’s Day” and “Valentines Day”, which featured Taylor Swift and her then-lover, “Twilight” actor Taylor Lautner. As he told EWearlier this year , “I believe in fairy tales, and I believe other people do too”. “I met him when I was a child who thought she was a grown-up; he treated me with grace and patience and respect and always, always love”, she said, going on to share his advice that, “You never know if a movie is going to be a hit or not. We lost a giant today”. His funeral services will be private, but his publicist said there is a memorial planned for his birthday on November 13.
