We are all too young for these many disappearances to have happened to our class.
Rob was the only truly forgiveable Claudio I ever saw. Too sweet by half not to have been
welcomed back in the end, no arrogant residue clinging. Other Claudios have been too quick
to forgive themselves. And Carol with Rob in their roles: they embraced knowing they truly
belonged together in the end.
I am glad I got to see Rob a couple of times in the last few years, although not for long
enough.
Book group intimates, please know I hate for you to have the forcoming regular lack of Rob
appearances in your book group. I hope very much that he got to the end of Hamnet. It was
my favortite book of the year. I would love to know how you all took it, and how you think
Rob would have talked about it, that novel being such a treausre for a group founded in
Shakespeare.
Thank you Jerald, for your dear words. I will look forward to notice of when we can send
condoling notes.
Love to all of you.
Carpe diem.
Alice
I guess I felt the devastation-of-his-mistake while the scene unfolded around the altar.
On May 23, 2021, at 5:30 PM, Jerald Head
<jlhead1952(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Dearest friends,
It is with deep sadness that I inform this group of the sudden death of our fellow
classmate, Rob Lallier, summer class of 1975. He passed away unexpectedly on the evening
of 5/21/21 in Austin. He is survived by his daughter, stepchildren, and a host of friends
who will miss him.
I can still hear Rob giving the “rotten orange” speech as Claudio to Carol as poor Hero.
Claudio was never the brightest, but gosh, Rob was so handsome in that sky blue silk
peasant shirt. Doc recalls Rob as Ancient Pistol, swaggering in the Henry IV, Part II
tavern scene with Terry Galloway as Bardolf. They were memorably crazy and outrageous. I
was Falstaff and all I had to do was step aside and give them a very wide berth. Such
lovely memories.
"When to the sessions of sweet silent thought
I summon up remembrance of things past.”
Rob, Carol, Laura, Buddy, and I formed our Winedale 1975 book club eleven years ago. Rob
was quite the reader, always picking interesting and sometimes challenging books. We were
to gather at Rob’s house in two weeks for our first in person gathering since the pandemic
to discuss “Hamnet.” We will still meet, but at Carol and Sam’s, instead to share our
favorite memories of Rob.
I am not aware of plans for services at this time but will keep you all posted as details
emerge.
Take care dear ones. Your friend,
Jerald
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