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Teena Golden
August 2, 2021
After all these years, I still miss Monte. I was so happy to have gotten to know him, and he was indeed such a good man, a kind gentleman. I still think of him frequently and wish I could have another of our great conversations again. R.I.P Monte...you were a much loved friend.
Mike McKinley
February 14, 2020
I too, Judy, still miss Monte. Every time I drive past the cemetery where my family rests, I recite greetings to those who've departed and I always mention Monte. About ten years ago, knowing I'm a plant nut, Monte gave me an exotic palm that is very hard to find. I have treasured it and it has continued growing as all Kentia palms do -- very slowly! But it is something that reminds me of him and is alive and beautiful. I know Monte is still with us.
Judith Ross
February 13, 2020
Monte, I was thinking of you today for reasons that I don't quite understand, but I suspect it is because March is fast upon us and you died in March. But, showing how lazy I am, just two weeks ago I finished packing up all the Christmas decorations and saw the beautiful nutcracker music box you gave me one year. Every year it comes out of its box and every year I remember you because of it. I am so thankful you gave it to me. Otherwise, I would not have a reminder of you at Christmas. It is such a little thing, but it is something I will always treasure even when I am ancient and can't get around any more. I love you, man. And I miss you.
Mike McKinley
March 7, 2019
Five years now have gone by and I still miss you.
Judith Ross
October 25, 2017
My calendar still reads: "Monte's Birthday" on October 9., That date will always be on my calendar until the day we are reunited in heaven. I know that is where you are because you were a good man. Happy Birthday, my friend. I miss you.
Judith Ross
October 29, 2015
Happy Birthday, my friend Monte. October 9 came and went, but I though of you because that is the day you were born. God Bless you my good friend. I miss you so much.
March 9, 2015
It's been a year without Monte. I do miss him so. Almost every Sunday we'd chat on the phone. Since we'd been friends since about 1985, we could talk extensively about mutual friends and their foibles. Let's face it, Monte was a good talker! I do feel that he is in a better place, but still he is greatly missed.
With love from Austin,
Mike McKinley
Mark Decker
March 7, 2015
My love for you continues forever. Thinking of you as always.
The Regala Family gives their thoughts and prayers
Dan Regala
July 11, 2014
I just found out. He was very good to my family and me. Monte was a fighter in a good way. He protected me in some business issues in the past.
Michael Montague
May 15, 2014
It seems like I was always laughing when Monte and I were together. I laughed the day I met him, back in 1988, in front of Zabar's on Broadway and 80th Street in New York City. I had just bought one of my favorite snacks, a delectable concoction of buttery pâte brisée, pastry cream and chocolate ganache, called a Napoleon, and was poised to take the very first, heavenly, much-anticipated bite when I heard Monte say, “Hi, my name is Monte. And who might you be, Robert Morley? Go ahead, eat. I'll catch up with you later.” I laughed when he decided to leave New York and move back to Dallas, claiming he could no longer live in a city whose laws prescribed the death penalty for anyone who jumped off a building. (Truth be told, I was afraid at that point he and I would lose touch, and our friendship would fade, but instead, it expanded, and as years went by we became more like a family.) I laughed when he would call once a week, without fail, and croon Marlene Dietrich songs, in German, or Edith Piaf songs, in French, into my voicemail, instead of leaving a message. I laughed when he and I would occasionally, and with absolutely no prearrangement or pretext, lapse into re-enacting scenes from great film dramas, because we both knew instinctively, without ever feeling the slightest need to discuss it, that some absurd situations in life simply require a clean break from reality and a dive into the delightful, imaginative magic of playacting. Believe me, we got more than our fair share of strange looks from passersby (and close friends, for that matter) but what did we care? To us, laughter was like a second language, and in many cases, a first – indeed, I have never known anyone with whom I could communicate through laughter so effortlessly, wordlessly, and completely as I could with Monte, nor am I likely to ever again know such a person. I have to admit the thought terrifies me. I wish I could laugh now, but despite years upon years of laughing with Monte to remember and perhaps guide me, I can't shake the sobering realization that he and I just won't be able to laugh together anymore. I ache for that, but at the same time, those memories fill me with such joy!
Mike McKinley
May 14, 2014
I was friends with Monte since the mid-1980s when he moved to New York City, and we remained very close all these years. I live in Austin and he was in Dallas, but we would usually speak at least once a week, and meet up for a visit about once a year. I now know how woefully inadequate that was, and I wish I had seen much, much more of him. He was, by far, one of the most interesting, clever and brilliant people I've ever known. There are no words to express how he impacted my life, or how lucky I am to have known him. His untimely passing has made me understand more fully how false the idea is that we think that we have time enough for all that life offers us, because we simply do not. Monte loved Shakespeare, so I will end with these lines: “If I must die, I will encounter darkness as a bride, And hug it in mine arms.”
Janet
May 13, 2014
'Wish we had stayed in touch after grade school and high school. You were a remarkable individual and I am glad to have known you. I'm thankful that your friends posted such a wonderful tribute. May you be blessed with joy and peace.
Judith Ross
May 13, 2014
I will always remember your laugh. Because once you started laughing, I had no choice but to do the same. Rest in peace, dear friend.
Lorenza Olivares
May 13, 2014
May you rest in peace Monte, Love Lorenza
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