I just came back from a Celebration of Life for Andy. It was held at the Skirball Center in Los Angeles and there were about 150 friends and relatives there to remember Andy, to celebrate his life. It was good to see everyone -- all had warm memories of Andy going to when he was a kid in school, through his career, and his years as a husband and parent. I had the opportunity to speak at the event and I very simply said that even though he was taken from us early, Andy had a wonderful life because everyone loved him, and respected him, and we knew that cared above everyone.
In the Jewish religion there is a belief that when we pass we go to be with God in what might be called a giant amphitheater and those who in their lives were good to others, and shared and gave and helped others would sit closer to God. I am sure Andy is in the front because he was that good of a guy who helped others professionally and personally. He was a friend in the truest sense as well as being one of the top news cameramen I've ever worked with and a visionary who saw the future of environmental protection and the birth of Internet TV.
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