Even though it has been widely reported (and I had a busy morning), I can’t let Eli Wallach pass without notice.
NYT. LAT. A/V Club.
This brought a smile to my face:
He graduated from Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn and attended the University of Texas at Austin (“because the tuition was $30 a year,” he once said), where he also learned to ride horses — a skill he would put to good use in westerns.
Edited to add: According to (I know, I know) Wikipedia, he graduated in 1936 with a history degree. Assuming he started in 1932, $30 then is about $520 now. If I’m reading this chart right, a history major today would be paying $4,673 a semester if they were a Texas resident.
Not that I’m grinding an axe or anything…
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And let’s not forget the tie he wore in The Sentinel.
I had actually forgotten about that tie until you reminded me.