Paul Benedict Poem by Randy Johnson

(DEDICATED TO PAUL BENEDICT WHO DIED DECEMBER 1,2008.)

You died at the age of seventy.
People loved to see you as Mister Bentley.
You starred in the Jeffersons and in the Addams Family movie as well.
You even had a small role with Tom Cruise in Cocktail.
Sometimes in life, things go from bad to worse.
It was tragic when you were found dead on December the first.
People were mortified by your demise and that's how they were bound to react.
You were a very talented thespian and that is a fact.