He died not long after. But before he did he wrote, "Today is or would have been your uncle Vincent's (his brother) birthday. I was thinking of inserting one of those in memoriam notices in the Daily News -- you know, 'Happy Birthday in Heaven Vince old boy' but I don't think he'd see it."
Quien sabe?
Edward J. Curtin, Jr.
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