Per my father’s wishes. A beautiful spot, in view of the Hollywood sign and, in the other direction, looking out across L.A. to the Pacific.
The family wore Aloha shirts in homage to him. Just for the day, I wore his Universal Studios monster shirt—covered with Dracula, Frankenstein, the Wolfman, and the Mummy—which my brother had given to him as a gift and which he loved.
In the background of the memorial gathering we had for him at the Youngs’ old family home on Valley Spring Lane, we played the two songs that he had specifically requested: Frank Sinatra’s “When the Wind Was Green” and Gato Barbieri’s “Europa”.