I am so sorry to hear about the passing of Ed even though I had a feeling about it. As I am sitting here watching the Lakers play for for a championship I can't help thinking about him, as he was a big LA sports fan and if he was coming to work on Monday we would be hashing out what happened in the game played today.
Jim and James were right he was a mentor to all of us and the way he treated people who moved on from CP was always unbelievable. He would always try and help them out no matter what the circumstances they left CP. He was very loyal to everybody who came in contact with him. He taught me so much I can't even tell you. He always backed me up, no matter what the situation. Just ask Bob Auguste, Max Penner, Lyn Taylor, John Jurgens, or GB, how loyal this guy could be.
I just want to tell you one story that he told me that always made me laugh. Back in his days living in Brooklyn, his mother was giving him shit about the way he was dressing and acting, she looks out the window and asks him why he didn'nt act and dress more like the young man that was walking by his house dressed to the hilt and working his ass off. Ed goes over to the window and looks who she was talking about and guess who it was? It was Mafia boss Carlo Gambino's son. That always makes me laugh when I think about it.
He was one of a kind and I will always think about what he did for me in many ways. I have many instances and memories of him and I thank him.
Marty Joseph
Cinema Products Corporation 1979-2000