David E. Barreca

I don't know if anybody knows this, but my first encounter with David was when he starred in the hit Glenview play "Mulligan's Magic" where he played a basic snake oil salesman, selling a tonic of the same name. He would belt out the line "Drink Mulligan's Magic". That was in grade school. I didn't really become his friend until we were fellow deviants in high school, but I knew his face and his big smile. It's taken a bit of time, lots of denial, and a whole bunch of "this can't be happening"...