James P. Hayden

Jim was a great writer. He once told me that any screenplay he could not sell at the moment was simply inventory for a future pitch. RIP, buddy. Gene D.

I just had a sense this had happened. But I signed on to check up on Jim. This was the last e-mail we shared: doing better, thanks. Congrats on being a Palm Springer. Happy Fall! On Sep 29, 2021, at 3:01 PM, Bill Taub wrote: Okay - finally settled in for at least a year! https://vid.us/fb4l52 It's been almost a year exactly. And I could tell by that last conversation that he didn't sound well -- but didn't know he was just months away from the end. I told him when the weather cooled...

What can I say? Jim was my best man and the Godfather of my first son, Patrick. We met at Notre Dame, in Farley Hall, which is now a woman´s dorm. We sang in the Glee Club together as 2nd Tenors. After graduation, Jim headed to grad school at Central Michigan while I (long, convoluted story) headed to Viet Nam. Later, after Jim landed a job in New York and I in New Jersey, we met for drinks in Manhattan. We did that a lot, some might say too much, but we were young. We were both fans of...

Eleanor and family, I was so sorry to hear of your loss. Jim was a good buddy at SHA where our lifetime friendship formed. We stayed in touch over the years - we could dial each other anytime to catch up, the last time being a Zoom toward the end of 2021. We shared Las Vegas, St. Croix, and Morocco vacations, and visited each other´s homes. Good times together! As a graduate of Notre Dame, Jim believed in himself and his talents and was able to achieve his dreams from coast to...