Renewal of Vows - Las Vegas Reunion 2012

I first met Howie when he joined House of Bamboo in 1968. Spins and I were friends ever since. He was deeply involved in all aspects of HOB especially Follies and Frolics. We would go to see the Yankees, Mets and Knicks on a regular basis, along with an occasional visit to Aqueduct and Roosevelt Raceway.

We went on a vacation to San Juan along with Jeff Brook where we quickly learned that the casino was not our friend.He met his first wife Robin at Queens. Elliot Kornreich and Jeff Brook joined me as ushers at their wedding.

A few years later Jen was born and I was honored to be one of her Godfathers. (the other was not Michael Corleone.) A few years later Kevin was born and they moved to California. For a while all went smoothly. Then unfortunately Howie and Robin divorced but remained friendly.

As luck would have it Howie met the love of his life in Priscilla and they had a wonderful marriage for almost 30 years.

Then in the late 90’s tragedy struck. Kevin was diagnosed with Ewings Sarcoma a rare type of cancer. He fought valiantly until he passed away. That left a hole in the every ones heart that never totally healed.

After they both retired they traveled extensively especially to Arizona to see their twin grandsons. Additionally they took advantage of all the culture the Bay Area had to offer.

This year tragedy again struck. In March, Priscilla passed away. Less than 2 months later we lost Howie as well. I will miss his sometimes ridiculous comments on Facebook but most all his friendship. Rest in Peace my friend

Steve Laskowitz