Has anyone ever seen foxtrott danced like this?

[Henry]

You have misread what I wrote. I did not suggest any cause-and-effect relationship between GE's suicide and the Eastman Theatre's history. Proximity does not imply causality. I merely noted the near coincidence of the events.

Can you corroborate your assertion about the state of GE's health, other than wikipedia?

[estott]

As to his health, only what I heard in Rochester & what I recall from other biographical sources. He was definitely unwell, and in the 30's doctors weren't likely to help- even if you were wealthy.

[Henry]

I can't consult my copy of the GE biography by Elizabeth Brayer (Johns Hopkins Univ. Press; reprinted Univ. of Rochester, 2006) because I recently donated it to the library book sale. It was sprinkled with annoying spelling errors that any decent spell-check program, or competent editor, for that matter, should have caught, but apparently neither was utilized. I'm willing to believe that GE's health was afflicted as you describe. And certainly the economic failure, if it was that, of "his" theater (he donated it to the community) could not have boosted his mood! But his dream lives on, thanks to the Univ. of Rochester and the Eastman School, as well as the generosity of the Eastman Kodak Company, among others, in paying for renovations of the Eastman Theatre, now renamed Kodak Hall. see: http://www.esm.rochester.edu/about/evol ... odak-hall/