Bye bye Bruno

At the park today, I was reading one of those free entertainment newspapers from August 17th. One of the stories in it was a tribute to underrated character actor Bruno Kirby (1949-2006), who died in L.A. last Monday at age 57 of complications from leukemia.

Kirby was best known as Billy Crystal's best friend in the romantic comedy When Harry Met Sally (as Jess) and comedy City Slickers (as Ed). I first recall seeing Kirby in Good Morning, Vietnam as the annoying, polka loving 2nd Lt. Steven Hauk.

Here's an appreciation piece from The Washington Post regarding Kirby, written by someone who knew the actor personally.

Another story on Kirby, from People.com.