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Michael Maitland 1956 - 2014
« on: May 02, 2014, 05:54:49 AM »
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Posted on the Purchase College Acting Conservancy (SUNY), Class of 1981's Facebook page:

RIP Michael Maitland
b. August 27, 1956 - d. April 23, 2014
It has been my profound privilege to share so many deep, sad, joyous, silly, creative and frank conversations with Mike as the time dwindled and this day neared. Today, at the hospice his sister held the phone to his ear after letting me know that he could no longer speak but that he could still hear me. And I expressed myself to him for the last time. I just learned that only minutes later, after all those months of struggle, Mike's pain finally ended. Goodbye, brother.

A youtube memorial video posted by a fellow alumnus:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wFQrep83M8

A fundraiser page was created by one of his sisters to adopt a memorial bench in Central Park in Michael's memory near the field where he enjoyed playing softball:  http://www.gofundme.com/8npg98

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Re: Michael Maitland 1956 - 2014
« Reply #1 on: May 02, 2014, 05:59:13 AM »
Wow, very sad. R.I.P.
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Re: Michael Maitland 1956 - 2014
« Reply #2 on: May 03, 2014, 11:52:17 AM »
sad another member of our "community" has died. was he ever at a fest or in any way involved in the fandom?


the "leviathan brats" were a distinctive, if at times slightly annoying, component of the period. and maitland lent his variation of the character appropriate menace.
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Re: Michael Maitland 1956 - 2014
« Reply #3 on: May 03, 2014, 03:55:09 PM »
He was announced as a guest many years ago and was listed in the program book. He didn't appear and I don't remember if any sort of explanation was made.
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Re: Michael Maitland 1956 - 2014
« Reply #4 on: May 03, 2014, 04:45:25 PM »
Very sorry to hear this.
I thought the Leviathin story was creepy and began brilliantly until the hasty rewrites ruined it.
Michael was superb as the creepy Leviathin teen.
57 is too young and cancer is a horrible way to go.
RIP
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Re: Michael Maitland 1956 - 2014
« Reply #5 on: May 03, 2014, 05:17:40 PM »
It's always sad when a member of the cast passes. Though with much of the ones who have, it not like their passings were a total shock because they were getting up there in years. But when the ones who were younger than you (even if it's only by four months) begin to pass, it does seem shocking and you definitely start to feel your own mortality...
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Re: Michael Maitland 1956 - 2014
« Reply #6 on: May 03, 2014, 08:42:44 PM »
We're the same age.  I remember, when watching during the initial run, how jealous I was that he got to play in the show.  I use to daydream about somehow being "discovered" and cast.  Oh, those silly days of youth.

RIP, Michael.

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