I knew Mitch well in high school and we lost touch for 25 years until I ran into him in Las Vegas a few years ago where we reconnected. We were good friends when we were kids and better ones as adults. He was a good man and I miss him.
I am sorry to just learn of Mitch's passing. We lived next door to each other for many years on Nordway Road. Together with Alan Shankman, we spent a lot of time together as kids. He was a good guy.
Mitch and I were friends in High School and after. Went on several vacations together as well. Visited him and his wife when he lived in Vegas and we went to a Show at a casino. It was fun and he was a very gracious host. He'll be missed. Funny story from Heights...he and I skipped school one day and his car was side-swiped, a very minor accident on Mayfield Rd just past Green Rd. He then had to call his insurance company. So we stopped at a nearby Revco to make the call (no cellphones then, right). Mitch also had a congenital birth defect which caused him to always limp. We asked for the payphone and told the cashier we were just in an accident and she sees Mitch limping in and she freaked out! Her fear was priceless to see. We laughed about that later and I still do when thinking back to that morning.
I remember Mitch, well, too. I lived on Northcliffe around the block, and, and spent six years delivering the Plain Dealer to his home, along with the Lisys, Shankmans, and several others. Although we didn't connect much outside my frequent visits to his home, he was always a kind and amiable guy. They were good times, then, and he will be missed.
I was at the "Riviera" getting my phd in Casino mgt, counting room trying to get my union card to play in the pit bands.
He literally bumped into me years later, working his way up later at The Aladdin, Casino, and he told me he just got promoted and was named Food and Bev Manager, of the Aladdin Casino.... I was so damn impressed.
at the Aladdin, F & B Manager for The Aladdin, which in Casino Speak, is a very high respectable, trustworthy, and in Casino Languate, the job had a "lot of juice", power and connections; and
respect, just before he passed. I told him so, and I think he appreciated that, he was a known mgt level guy;
at such a young age, and he
paid his dues in the Gambling Industry; having respect of "The Boys".
I told him he had a lot of street cred.....after having gotten that job at ....The Aladdin.
Steven Feinberg
I knew Mitch well in high school and we lost touch for 25 years until I ran into him in Las Vegas a few years ago where we reconnected. We were good friends when we were kids and better ones as adults. He was a good man and I miss him.Jim Lisy
I am sorry to just learn of Mitch's passing. We lived next door to each other for many years on Nordway Road. Together with Alan Shankman, we spent a lot of time together as kids. He was a good guy.Steven L. Weintraub
Mitch and I were friends in High School and after. Went on several vacations together as well. Visited him and his wife when he lived in Vegas and we went to a Show at a casino. It was fun and he was a very gracious host. He'll be missed.Funny story from Heights...he and I skipped school one day and his car was side-swiped, a very minor accident on Mayfield Rd just past Green Rd. He then had to call his insurance company. So we stopped at a nearby Revco to make the call (no cellphones then, right).
Mitch also had a congenital birth defect which caused him to always limp. We asked for the payphone and told the cashier we were just in an accident and she sees Mitch limping in and she freaked out! Her fear was priceless to see. We laughed about that later and I still do when thinking back to that morning.
Jack Perry (Perry)
I remember Mitch, well, too. I lived on Northcliffe around the block, and, and spent six years delivering the Plain Dealer to his home, along with the Lisys, Shankmans, and several others. Although we didn't connect much outside my frequent visits to his home, he was always a kind and amiable guy. They were good times, then, and he will be missed.Lance R. Goldberg
I was at the "Riviera" getting my phd in Casino mgt, counting room trying to get my union card to play in the pit bands.
He literally bumped into me years later, working his way up later at The Aladdin, Casino, and he told me he just got promoted and was named Food and Bev Manager, of the Aladdin Casino.... I was so damn impressed.
at the Aladdin, F & B Manager for The Aladdin, which in Casino Speak, is a very high respectable, trustworthy, and in Casino Languate, the job had a "lot of juice", power and connections; and
respect, just before he passed. I told him so, and I think he appreciated that, he was a known mgt level guy;
at such a young age, and he
paid his dues in the Gambling Industry; having respect of "The Boys".
I told him he had a lot of street cred.....after having gotten that job at ....The Aladdin.
Lance