Peter Falk obit

     The actor Peter Falk has died, one of the well known people I've had the pleasure of interviewing over the years. He was promoting his paintings...yes, he was an artist that way too...and he was as comfortable to talk with as his trademark rumpled raincoat.

     I was a fan of Columbo, of course, one of the reasons I booked the interview. I always thought he had found the role he was born to play. He made the detective as real as any character can be, an underdog who wasn't really an underdog...he always got the bad guy or girl in the end.

     I don't think I did an especially artfull interview, and I wish I had ended it by saying good by and then adding.. "Uh, one more thing, Mr. Falk...!"