DABNEY COLEMAN – FAREWELL
The great Dabney Coleman is no more.
Dabney Wharton Coleman passed away yesterday, May 16, 2024, at the age of 92. I was supposed to finally meet him last month at Chiller in NJ, but two weeks before the weekend he had to cancel due to doctor orders. I did get to see him once, back in 1999, and fittingly in his favorite restaurant, Dan Tana’s, where there’s a steak named after him. Sure, he was across the dinning room, but I still consider it a shared meal.
I’ve been watching a lot of Dabney recently, first gearing up to see him, then after the cancellation I guess because I knew the end was probably near. And the thing I was struck again by is that in every role he played he was just being Dabney Coleman.
And that worked.
Every time.