Whatever Happened to Tracy Middendorf's Husband? -- Continued

[Gary Freedman]

I once went to dinner with Jesse Raben and Tracy Middendorf's husband, Franz. After dinner we walked back to Jesse Raben's apartment on New Hampshire Avenue. Franz said: "Where did you get that belt?" I said: "At Hecht's." Franz said: "That's a cool belt." I said: "Hecht's is a cool store." Franz smiled.

Jesse said: "I'd invite you up to the apartment, but it's late." I said: "We're friends now, right, Jesse?" Jesse Raben said: "Always, Gar, always."

I recall the line at the end of the movie "Wagner," starring Richard Burton in the title role. Richard Burton said wearily, "so much for my so-called friends who would support me till the ends of life."