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My first wife, Lillian, who
died when she was only 42,
and I had two children, Rober-
ta and Allan. We were able to
live quite nicely, although I
was gone so much. Some days
we would play our shows a
day at a theater, five shows on
weekends. And when Jack
Benny came to town, that
meant six shows."
Leib recalls earning $175 a
week during the 1930s at the
Fox Theater.
The nationally-known
violinist recently was widow-
ed. His second wife, Isabel,
died before their 25th wed-
ding anniversary.
Leib's children live nearby.
His daughter, Roberta, is
married to Morley Winograd.
They live in Troy with their
three children, Lesley, 22;
Randy, 18 and Jennifer, 15.
Leib's son, Allan, is a chemist
who lives in Berkley. His step-
daughter, Edythe Lampcov
and her husband, Jack, reside
in Southfield. They have a
17-year-old son, Marc.
Leib also is proud of his
nephew, Mel Allen, known as
the New York Yankees play-
by-play announcer.
A member of Cong. Beth
Achim in Southfield, Leib is
a distinguished-looking man.
Dressed elegantly for his in-
terview, he is a handsome
man — the type one wouldn't
picture as a prankster. But
play pranks he and other
theater orchestra members
did. They put pungent Lim-
burger cheese on the pianist's
keyboard during one show, for
example and left an un-
suspecting, short, high-voiced,
thick-accented violist stuck
singing a solo when the entire
orchestra was supposed to
sing along.
Does this multi-talented
Leib have advice to musicians
starting out today?
"Yes, learn to play all types
of music and go to college," he
replied. "Musicians today
can't make a living playing in
the pit at a theater. They have
to do something else. There
aren't radio and television
musicians today like there
once were. The worst thing
that ever happened to musi-
cians was the invention of
synthesizers. Now one person
can compose and play all of
the music for a show."
Does he have any regrets
about his musical career that
has spanned more than a
half-century of show
business?
"Absolutely not. I've had a
lot of fun in the theater. It's
been aggravating at times
but I've dealt with the
greatest artists and the big-
gest conductors in the
business;" Leib answered. ❑
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