Hurricane

[H2O Man]

25. I have a NYT article

from 1974 that describes Rubin as an attractive being stuck in a cob web in an old haunted house. He appreciated that the kids in my class listened to him, and responded. The teacher Russell P got fired for letting the class communicate with Rubin! Decades later, when we were planning the book tour for his second book, Rubin planned to come to one of our class reunions. He always asked questions about some of my old classmates. But alas, an auto wreck put the book tour on hold, as a car slamming in to his vehicle injured Rubin's neck. And then the cancer took him.

Those were interesting times. I thank you for reminding me of them the other day. It's not just national law enforcement & intelligence that has had organized crime connections. Certainly the Paterson NJ police, who at the time were the most corrupt in the nation. And obviously the sport of boxing. The stories I could tell!