--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, William Ahearn
<williamahearn@...> wrote:
>
>
> --- Richard Moore <moorich@...>
wrote:
>
> Cox and
> > Marlon Brando were great friends and roommates
for a
> > time and
> > enjoyed riding their motorcycles
together.
>
> And they shared the apartment with a pet
racoon.
>
> William
>
Yes, and reports are that Wally Cox hated that raccoon and
eventually moved out because of the pet.
Both the Cox and Brando entries on IMDB say that Brando had
possession of Cox's ashes for decades (having received them
from Cox's widow). Brando was also cremated and his son says
at his father's request his ashes and Cox's ashes were
scattered together in Death Valley.
Oddly touching. But...a stray nook or cranny of my brain
wonders what happened to the raccoon. Is that perverse to
wonder about? Perhaps, mildly weird to wonder about the
raccoon...they are very clean animals--washing all their
food--but also very aggressive even when not rabid which they
seem to be with some regularity. I learned as a child that
one should never give a raccoon a sugar cube as they will
become frustrated as the treat disappears as they
compulsively wash it. I think it is the mask that gives the
raccoon a bit of a sinister aura and, perhaps, makes it a
more likely companion for actors--more likely than, say, its
fellow nocturnal creature the possum.
Richard Moore
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