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TO DANNY,
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AND BEST WISHES
FROM,
LEE (BUZZ) TURNER
AND
TURNER & TURNER
AND HOW ABOUT LUNCH?
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Danny's son, Scott Raskin, with his
Danny in his West Bloomfield home
daughter, Hannah, and son, Matthew
with portraits of Oscar-winning
movie stars covering a wall
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Mazel Toy!
Danny,
Thanks for all those wonderful years of dining well.
Keep up the good work for many more.
Carlos called me up and said some-
thing about making a record.
I knew nothing about the business,
but I went ahead and started a record
company with my friend Al Marks.
Our record labels were "Seville" and
"Lorelei." Carlos cut his tune, and I
had him sing a Duke Ellington song
on the reverse side. The local disc
jockeys were playing it left and right.
An exec from Mercury Records hap-
pened to be in town, heard it on the
radio and bought the rights to it. But,
nationally, it went nowhere.
I don't remember how many
records our company sold. All I can
say is, we papered the walls of my rec
room with all the unsold records.
One day, Les and Sam Gruber at
the Caucus Club in Downtown Detroit
wanted me to hear this unknown
young singer from New York, Barbra
Streisand. So, I listened to her. I didn't
like her voice at first — I thought she
was yelling. I told my friends she'd
never make it. Later, she went on Jack
Paar's late-night TV show and hit the
big time. What a dope I was!
I also had an advertising agency, and
I used to produce TV commercials.
I was good friends with Bill
Kennedy over at CKLW television in
Windsor. I filmed commercials for
various companies, and Kennedy
loved them! For one of my clients,
we did a spot with Tiger announcers
Ernie Harwell and George Kell, and I
was in the booth.
Tell me about your personal life.
Dee and Seymour Brode
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June 14 =, 2012
I was married the first time for
about six months. Next, I was married
to Gerrie Katz for about 10 years, and
we had a son, Scott. Then, I was mar-
ried for for 35 years to Frieda, who
passed away just over two years ago.
Scott now lives in San Francisco.
He's the CEO of an Internet company
and has two children, Matthew, 25,
and Hannah, 22.
Can eating well explain your-
longevity at age 93?
I can't explain it. Maybe, it's good
living. I try to eat smart whenever
possible.
Every morning for breakfast, I'd
have cereal. It could be three, four or
five cereals together. I put in a banana,
maybe some blueberries and raspber-
ries in a nice big bowl because I didn't
have time to have lunch. Then, I'd
have a full belly and no hunger pangs
all day.
I knew in the evening I'd be going
to a lot of restaurants. Sometimes, I'd
go to three restaurants in one night. I
didn't eat at all of the restaurants.
At the beginning, I thought being a
restaurant critic would be great. But,
I remember one critic started out at
190 pounds and wound up more than
300. I made sure not to eat a lot. I
learned to push away.
People think I get all these free
meals, but I never wanted to be obli-
gated to a restaurant. If I am obli-
gated, it means I have to write about
them, and I've got to be nice. I don't
want that.
One thing I will not do: I'll never
bum-rap a restaurant because I
know how much it costs just to put
that damn key in the door! People
don't realize it, but when you go into
a restaurant, there's a lot of money