Lawrence Kinsloe Madison

During the Pandemic, Lawrence Kinsloe Madison became a frequent contributor to our our EMS FDNY Help Fund. We support the EMTs and Paramedics of the Fire Department of NYC when they experience hardship. Mr. Madison's support bouyed our fund when our EMTs and Paramedics desperately needed support. We will not forgot him and we remember him today on the anniversary of his death....Rest in Peace and THANK YOU!

Over 60+ years I marveled at, envied and was sometimes exhausted by the gusto and mastery Larry poured into his many enthusiasms, of which the best analogy was the zeal and expertise with which he attacked a restaurant menu, ordering everything, devouring every bite and drop, chatting up waiters and sommeliers, dispensing perceptive and provocative opinions, and running up tabs equal to the gross national product before driving away in his beloved Tesla. I think he put more into things and...

I sang with Larry at Oratorio Society of New York. We became friends during that time. He is one of the most straight and honest people that I know. He has always been accepting and supportive of me. I remember him inviting me, my husband and my niece to an Italian restaurant near DiMenna Center after a dress rehearsal. He was generous and very curious. I am sad that he is gone. I wish I would have told him that he mattered to me and that he made a difference in my life. Vera Finkemeier

I sang with Larry in the Oratorio Society of New York. When we traveled to Rome as a group, I took this beautiful picture of him. He loved it and I thought I would share his wonderful smile.

Larry and I were close friends for 65 years. I remember once taking a cab with him, in which we were carrying on one of our lifelong disputes. (I forget whether it was the one about Wagnerian opera, the auteur theory of film-making or Bordeaux vs. Burgundy wines.) After dropping off Larry, the driver turned to me and said, "You must be very old friends. And when I acknowledged that indeed we were, in both senses, he nodded wistfully and said, "I once had that." RIP, Larry Richard Liebmann-Smith

Larry was the nearest thing I had to a brother. Peg, his mother, wheeled him in a baby carriage alongside my mother, Jane, her best friend, wheeling me in another. Since then, NYC in WWII, we were companions, however often or not we saw each other. We shared Scarsdale, acting (Mr. Hemmerly!), Doolittle Pond, Stanford, Yale, movies, classical music, and depression (he got me into psychotherapy. "Won't it cost a lot?" I asked, always timid. "You bet!" he said, "And you'll love it"). We...

When death comes and take away our love ones, it leaves us so empty,so lonely and so dreer. Death is cruel. There´s so much mysteries in death-just remember-the song writers Rev.W.B.Stevens, Art. J.R. Baxter wrote "Farther Along we´ll know all about it. Farther along we´ll understand why ", "cheer up" my beloved Sarah, Emily, Eliza, grandchildren, and in-laws "live in the sunshine, we´ll understand it all by and by." My deepest condolences to all. My heart and prayers are with you. Larry is...

Condolences to family. So sorry to hear this news that Bunny Kolodner sent to me. Larry was a friend and partner in crime in making theatre together at Scarsdale High School and then at Yale School of Drama. He was greatly talented, bright, witty and generous and encouraging to me and many others. H will be greatly missed.

The Medicare Rights Center mourns the passing of Lawrence Madison, a distinguished former Board Member whose lifetime commitment to excellence in health care and dedication to Medicare Rights have helped increase access to affordable health care for older adults, people with disabilities, and their communities. Larry was a stalwart supporter of Medicare Rights, helping the organization deepen its commitment to Medicare beneficiaries living on limited incomes and experiencing hardship in...