 At the time of his death, he was in the process of directing a production of "Into The Woods" at Columbia College Chicago, which opened one month later.On January 26, 2015, four months after his death, a memorial service was held in Skokie, IL.Speakers at the event, that was put together by The Second City, Columbia College Chicago, and Steppenwolf Theater, included Scott Adsit, Second City executive producer Andrew Alexander, David Cromer, Columbia College faculty Tom Mula, Meg Thalken, and Caroline Latta, Gift Theater artistic director Michael Patrick Thornton, and Jeff Perry and with letters from Anna D. Shapiro, Joyce Piven, and Alan Arkin.