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David Smith Obituary
516 Entries
Neal Peters, Spouse
August 1, 2025
August 1st, 2025
What to say, Dave! What to say!! Crawling up to 6 years since we are not together. It hurts, and guess that's the way it will always be. I do know that. Things are not the same and never will be. It's still hard to get used to this day. All I can say is my heart is broken, and waking without you is still awful. Again, if this is the price to pay after 47 wonderful, loving years, filled with joy and beauty...I guess I will take it.
Like I had the choice!
Together forever and never to part, together forever we two...with all the pieces of my heart I love and miss you beyond these words could ever express....Your, Neal
Photo:16th Anniversary at Waverly Place, Sept.17th, 1987.
John Ryan
July 24, 2025
I cannot put into words how much of an influence David was on me. I was in awe of how incredibly suave and effortlessly cool he was. The best thing about working at Roxanne´s was getting to know David. His irrepressibly positive energy and the way he gave the best advice had a profound effect on my life. I´m so sorry to hear he has passed.
David Duarte
July 7, 2025
David, I have been thinking of you for over 2 months now. You and Neal have both been on my mind. A half of year has already passed. Time is going rapidly, and memories seem to be the only thing to hold on to. Watch over our dear Neal. Sending my blessings.
Neal Peters , Spouse
July 1, 2025
Here we are on July 1, 2025, in a Flash!.... The 4th is coming up, and you sure did love to watch the fireworks and always made it SO much more fun. You cannot believe how much you are Loved and Missed. Told you about dating...but only one person (NOT ANYMORE THAT APPEARS TO BE OVER ......YET AGAIN).
I feel like you pushed the envelope, as I know you did not want me to be alone. Well, after 6 years here I am. (NO ONE REALIZES THAT BEING ALONE CAN BE BETTER THAN SOMEONE WHO DOES NOT HAVE A CLUE...IN LIFE ABOUT CARING AND LOVE) Where has the time gone? Still and Always you will be Missed and Loved beyond these words can ever take us!
Here we are with a photo of Truly Dapper Dave all the way!
On a beautiful cruise for our 32 Anniversary on Sept. 17, 2003!
What a Guy...Handsome and debonair...to the max!
MAN, DO I MISS YOU!
AND THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING I CAN DO ABOUT IT!!
Together Forever and Never to Part...Together Forever we Two! Always and Forever, Your Neal xx
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Neal Peters
June 1, 2025
June 1st,
I Just can Never say Goodbye!
I ranted at your photos the other day, sorry if I was a bit obstreperous, but it´s been a while, and I love you and miss you very much and was angry, sad, and lonely without you as I always am and always will be. You´re deep in my heart, and you will always be forever! With all my love, David! Your, Neal xx
Neal Peters
May 1, 2025
May 1, 2025
Boy Dave...Life Is Not Easy Without You!!! I could not express it enough..!
I care about you more than ever. In the old days of May, we were celebrating Cinco de Mayo so many times in Mexico....Lunch at Biba in 1974, with Ann-Margret in London on the set of TOMMY! We were taken to Mr. Chow's by A-M, Roger, and Allan Carr for her birthday dinner celebration (with Ryan O'Neal stopping by the table to wish her a "HAPPY ONE"!)
It used to be a party, now it is Not! Just back from the dentist and surgery (all good), but I did not care the least as it is painless compared to losing you...The tears run down my face, but they're all about you and always will be...nothing can hurt me like that EVER! FROM THE HEART, FROM ME TO YOU. Again, we do NOT have tomorrow, BUT we have Yesterday. Together forever and NEVER to part! Your, Neal xx
David Duarte
April 3, 2025
Neal, David could not have been more fortunate to have had you in his life. Remember, he is still with you in thoughts, memories and spirit. You too were very fortunate. David was a very kind and thoughtful person. You will be surprised to know that David is still at your side, guiding you, picking you up when you need support, and wiping your tears when you are sad. The signs are all around you including in your heart. The love you shared together still remains. In a quiet moment, take a seat in a comfortable chair and close your eyes. Feel that love, my dear friend.
Neal Peters, Spouse
April 2, 2025
April 2nd...Dearest David, I know we don't have tomorrow, but I am SO very thankful for all our yesterdays..They were SO Beautiful, SO memorable and SO loving...They are So Missed!... Love's what we'll always remember...Thankful for what we did for LOVE. I would do it all over again if I could. When you have the very Best.... All there is...is All The Rest!... You will always have my heart...Together Forever and NEVER to Part...Together Forever We Two...Your, Neal xx
Photo: Summer 1981 Malibu at Ann-Margret and Roger Smith's Beach House after the release of our Ann-Margret Book.
Neal Peters,
March 1, 2025
March 1st, Oh Dave, what life that goes on without you (like one of Peter's songs)...mass confusion...dating...give me a break...I'm Not Living in the Real World (thank you, Debbie Harry)...I don't think anyone is now...WHAT A WORLD ...YIKES!! The only good thing is you don't have to see it..you would be SO upset. I Love you and Miss you with All My Heart...dating...PLEASE!... I Remain Forever. Your Neal xx
Neal Peters, Spouse
February 14, 2025
Feb. 14! With all the Love there is to give in the world...
Together Forever and Never to Part Together FOREVER We Two..Your, Neal...xx
Neal Peters, Spouse
February 1, 2025
Oh, David...Valentine's Day is approaching and of course, our hearts always beat as one. Don't know what I will do or feel like. I will of course come to visit. Amazing without you, one does not take as good care of oneself as one should. But I will try better...I have to! Together we always leaned on each other's shoulders which made a better place for each other. Sad how you lose that perspective when you are alone! ...With Infinite Love Always and Together Forever and Never to Part, Together Forever we Two. I remain Faithfully, Your, Neal...xx
Neal Peters, Spouse
January 17, 2025
Dearest David, Yesterday was my Birthday...spent with friends and on the phone...BUT THEY ARE NEVER AND NEVER WILL BE THE SAME WITHOUT YOU..you made everything Real and Special all the time! I MISS YOU....LOVE YOU...NOT A DAY GOES BY without you in my heart and soul, Neal...xx
Steve Lowe
January 3, 2025
To David,
We´re sending our love and thoughts, once more to you, across the pond, especially to Neal.
All of our love, to you both.
Steve and Annie xxx
Neal Peters, Spouse
January 1, 2025
Went New Year's Day Jan. 1, 2025, to visit David on the day he passed 6 Years ago.
Neal Peters, Spouse
January 1, 2025
NEW YEAR'S DAY... Jan.1, 2025...What can I say? This is the worst remembered day of the year... 6 years ago today I lost you..! But this picture brings back the happiness of our beautiful days together...David toasting it with his champagne glass after swimming in our pool. What a vacation. All you could ask for...." So it's the laughter, we will remember whenever we remember ...the way we were!"...Oh god do I love and miss you, David...Together forever and ever and never to part... Together Forever we two!.. Your, Neal xx
Photo: David in our Las Brisas Hotel Room in Acapulco, Mexico, on our 27th Anniversary, Sept. 17, 1998 (I'm Happy we had 20 more to follow!)
Brenda Piekutowski
December 31, 2024
Dearest David,
Once again it is the Holiday Season; a time of great joy, a time of anticipated gatherings with loved ones, a time woven with bittersweet reflections of loved ones lost to days gone by, a time that brings both a smile and a bittersweet tear to the eye. It is a time that makes me think of our gatherings around Christmas and New Year´s together in NYC, Lake Tahoe, and Atlantic City. Those were fun times that will live in my heart forever. We´ve had so many glorious times celebrating those happy days and occasions. It will never be the same without you but grateful for those times and for the memories we have made. I wish we could toast another year together but alas I will toast this year with the many joyful memories and you in my heart. So, Cheers to Auld Lang Syne dear David, until we meet again.
With Love,
Brenda
Diana Dedivanovic
December 26, 2024
David, Listening to the stories of your life, your love, and the moments you shared with Neal, I´m struck by a bittersweet longing to have known you, to have witnessed the beauty and depth of the love you gave.
Your death should have never been. The world, i´m certain, a little less radiant because of it. You´ve left behind something so rare and extraordinary-a love so gut-wrenchingly romantic; a love so pure.
If you were still here I wonder if I would have ever truly known these stories Neal tells . Would I have ever heard about the thoughtful, loving, and deeply romantic man you were? Would I have learned about the quiet, tender moments that defined you-moments that Neal now carries in his heart and shares with such reverence?
Through Neal´s words, I´ve come to know a part of you-a part that most of us can only dream of encountering in this life. You were a beautiful soul, David, the kind of person we never imagine could actually exist. The depth of your kindness, the way you loved so wholeheartedly, and the joy you brought to Neal´s life are things one can only marvel at.
Though I never met you, David, your legacy lives on in Neal´s stories and in the love that still lingers in the spaces you once filled. And even though I´ll never truly know you, I´ll always carry the admiration of a love so profound, so rare, and so heartbreakingly beautiful.
Neal Peters, Spouse
December 25, 2024
Went to visit him today SO Eternally Grateful For David!
Neal Peters, Spouse
December 25, 2024
Christmas Day 6 years gone by! I can´t believe I am still here...living without you..." lovers are very special people. They´re the luckiest people in this world". Those words mean so much to me and always will. I remember us walking into the Botel on Fire Island and we had a Magical day on June 2, 1972, with Cherry Vanilla and Leee Black Childers in the Sunken Forest. This was playing and it immediately became our song. I remember every time we heard it at home when we were sitting on different parts of the couch you ALWAYS came over and sat beside me every single time never missing a beat for the rest of our lives together. It meant the world to me and remembering it still does...it breaks me up every time I hear it and I´ll never forget it for as long as I live. Thank you, David, for making me realize that "Lovers are very special people". I love and miss you, still, think about you every day. Wish I could feel you more, but you´re with me every day in my heart forever and ever and never to part...together forever we two! Always Your, Neal xx
Neal Peters, Spouse
December 1, 2024
Dec. 1st. 2024
Dearest David...
SO VERY THANKFUL!
Always and Forever and Never to Part, xx Your, Neal
David Duarte
November 10, 2024
David, HAPPY BIRTHDAY. Your warm heart, kindness to others, your beautiful smile has left many wonderful memories. Most importantly, the love you had for all including Neal who adored you. Bless you. May you continue to light and shine our lives. There was reason why your life entered ours. Why it did, when it did and at the time it did. It's possible that "WE" needed you. Sending my love to you dear friend.
Neal Peters, Spouse
November 9, 2024
Went to our crypt at the cemetery to honor David's Birthday today...A joy...A Great visit and such sweet solace! It warmed my heart as always. Ran into 2 people who I had seen and met there before. We always had a cordial time and today was very heartwarming. The charming older woman to visit her late husband with her wonderful son visiting his father. They talked about the situations of their loved one and asked about David and our years together (he must have loved the interaction as that was the way he was in real life). Being there with other people in this atmosphere is rather amazing. They are actually like long-lost friends or family. We are there for the same reasons and feelings...broken hearts, warmth, and kindness. It is all about love and respect and we are walking in each other's shoes. It is really beautiful and seriously NOT like anything in the outside world once you walk out of those doors. There is nothing you would not do for one another. The respect for each other's losses is amazing. The gentleman took the picture of me next to our crypt without a moment of hesitation after I kissed their loved one's crypt with my hand and they were so thankful. Everything was an honor on each one's behalf, just an incredible amount of kindness and kinship!
Diana Dedivanovic
November 9, 2024
Happy Heavenly Birthday sweet David. I wish I had the honor to have met you, but I´m lucky enough to have your other half in my grasps (and I in his). It says a lot about the kind of love you both shared, your memories are felt as if I were there with you both. Which btw would´ve been television worthy. I would´ve caused trouble with Neal, then stood behind you in support of the reprimanding we´d both deserve.
I´ll never get over not knowing you, yet still I sit here with so much love in my heart for you. I imagine you with a gentleman´s grin as the angels sing Happy Birthday
Love,
Diana D.
Neal Peters, Spouse
November 1, 2024
Nov.1. Again the holidays and your upcoming Birthday with my visit on the 9th (that hurts). It was not the best of times. It's sad but true to spend it this way. Unfortunately, this is the way it has to be. But I always look forward to it nonetheless and it is going on for 7 years. That is something that is still hard to imagine! Going through our files that I have not been in for years I found some sweet photos and this is another one of them by Tobi Seftel, who in 1991 could not believe we were together, then for 20 years. We should have kept in touch with her for our 40 years together (let alone 47) photo session that would have impressed her. Anyway, I love this photo for once again I have your back. Sure do miss that and you having mine. This has to be the way to make this the Love that keeps on giving for us. Because it Still Lives On and Always Will. It is almost impossible to live without you but I do. You were my Rock, My Hero...The Love of my life. Forever together and never to part. Your, Neal xx
Neal Peters, Spouse
October 29, 2024
Dearest David, Missing you SO much. I will NEVER get it straight but I don't think I really care!! Forever and Always, Your, Neal xx
Neal Peters, Spouse
October 1, 2024
Well, fall has come right up like summer never existed! Oct. 1, 2024! You always loved the changing of the seasons and we always made it work no matter what. It didn't change us. Here you are in Lake Tahoe when we went down to the lake on Oct. 22, 1980, during an Ann-Margret Engagement. Beautiful and Peaceful. I miss you my best friend. Am constantly pushing the envelope here. Still waking up alone without you and still my least favorite thing. Love you forever and ever...Miss you...Always, Your, Neal..xx
Neal Peters, Spouse
September 17, 2024
Neal Peters, Spouse
September 17, 2024
Neal Peters, Spouse
September 17, 2024
Neal Peters, Spouse
September 17, 2024
Went to Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx to visit David today on what would have been our 53rd Anniversary. David was 28 and I was 18 when we met. Here is a photo of a piece of cement that he put our names in and took a photo of when we lived in Chelsea on West 20th Street. So glad I saved it. Sweet memories...They never end and am so thankful for that. They never go away and they ALWAYS come back. It is one of the only joys! Always Missing, Thinking about, and Loving David! xx
Neal Peters, Spouse
September 1, 2024
Sept. 1st... Already! That was summer. Difficult times are so much harder to go about without you for me as I was for you. Once again I miss US...Wow...So very much. What a team! Oh, David. But we always knew that. I knew how much it meant long before these 5 years and 8 months gone by without you. Can't even put it into words right now or anymore. I will forever love you and miss and think about you each and everyday. My life partner for all those 47 years after coming into and building a relationship with you when I was 18 years old. To grow into Love and now to live without it/you is not an easy task. We wanted it and had it, all. Endlessly... Your Neal xx
Photo: 1979...Outtake about the Authors for our Ann-Margret Book By David A. Hartman
Neal Peters, Spouse
August 23, 2024
Thinking of you and found this great memorable picture! You coming back from a walk with LuCkY upstate at the log cabin in the woods, there for us to celebrate my birthday in Jan. 2016. It was always so romantic with the fireplace burning (not the cold ever bothered us and a jacuzzi upstairs)...We ALWAYS had a great time... this getaway from the hustle of NYC and our work. Just the 3 of us! LOVE YOU Forever and Ever! Your, Neal xx
Neal Peters, Spouse
August 13, 2024
Dearest Brenda,
I cannot thank you enough for your post...IT IS SO SPOT ON...you are so correct...I have never met anyone like David with that kind of disposition. Never down...always upbeat and Loving. I don't remember him ever getting mad (even at me for 47 years!) Love you, sweetheart, Always, Neal xx
Brenda Piekutowski
August 12, 2024
The first thing I read upon opening this page, was the question, "What was your first memory of David?" The first thing that comes to mind is how David lived in the joy of the moment every time I saw him. He always had this positive glow about him. He enjoyed being with friends, just to talk, grab a bite to eat, and of course have a drink or two. I don't ever recall seeing David down. There's a handful of people that I could say that about, who always had a positive attitude about life and David was one of those rare people. He lived in the joy of the moment and that is my fondest memory of him. That's what makes me smile every time I think of him. Happy trails dear David, until we meet again. XOXOX Brenda Piek
Neal Peters, Spouse
August 1, 2024
It still hurts...Love you, Miss you, and think about you Each and Every Day, David...I am so Thankful to have had you as my Life Partner for all those wonderful loving years. That I will never forget...Forever and Ever. Your, Neal xx
Photo: 1992 Our 21st (26 more to follow) Anniversary at Las Brisas in Alcapulco...BLISS!
Neal Peters, Spouse
July 1, 2024
A picture is worth a thousand words!... Dave this is how I feel...Love this image of you and remember the day on our 30th Anniversary In Alcapulco!...and again I Love You!! All-Ways, Neal xx
Neal Peters, Spouse
July 1, 2024
Again, Dear David, time is flying by. It's been 5 1/2 years ago today. You are in my thoughts and heart every day. Hard to believe one cannot get used to it but it is so true. That empty space beside me.is always there. I miss you and I love you very much...Forever and always and never to part...Together forever we two!...Your, Neal xx
Neal Peters, Spouse
June 1, 2024
My Dearest David...5 years, 5 months, and the days and seasons are just flying by...I get a little better but it's still not always easy....Didn't we take each other to a place where no one's ever been?.... Your presence is missed beyond measure...that will never change...and that is OK ...because when someone means the world to someone what can you expect...I love you still and forever...Your, Neal..xx
TAHOE Aug. 1989 Ann-Margret Tour
Neal Peters, Spouse
May 1, 2024
May 1st...50 years ago we were having an unbelievable time on the set of the filming of TOMMY in London...Surprising Ann-Margret on her 33 birthday...with Roger Daltry and the WHO, Ken Russell, etc...YIKES...who knew...Fortunate and blessed to have these memories of being with you then and always...THERE WERE, THANKFULLY, SO MANY MORE TIMES...YOU ARE LOVED, AND MISSED AND WILL ALWAYS BE THE LOVE OF MY LOVE OF MY LIFE! Not a day goes by David!! Your, Neal xx
Neal Peters, Spouse
April 3, 2024
I did not want to post on the 1st of this month...Together Forever and Never to Part...Together Forever We Two...I love you and I miss you each and Every Day David!.... Not a Day Goes By!!... Always, Your Neal...xx
Neal Peters, Spouse
March 22, 2024
Neal Peters, Spouse
March 22, 2024
Neal Peters, Spouse
March 22, 2024
Neal Peters, Spouse
March 22, 2024
Sept. 17, 1991...Las Brisas, Acapulco...Our 1st Trip there with a much smaller private pool and room...Our 20th Anniversary!
TODAY, TOMORROW, YESTERDAY, FOREVER AND ALWAYS DAVID!! Your Neal xx
Neal Peters, Spouse
March 4, 2024
David, This about scratches the surface...Together Forever and Never to Part...your Neal xx
Neal Peters, Spouse
February 14, 2024
You have my Heart Always, David, Your, Neal xx
Neal Peters, Spouse
February 14, 2024
Feb. 14, 1981
Dearest David, I cannot thank you enough for all the wonderful Valentine's Days you have given me. A lifetime of so many special days! With all my heart, I love you, Neal xx
Neal Peters, Spouse
February 13, 2024
I always received the biggest, beautifully decorated Valentine from my one and only, here on Bedford Street Feb. 14, 1980 ... we were usually broke! Thanks, David then, now, and forever...Happy Valentine's Day...Love you...xx Neal
Neal Peters, Spouse
February 2, 2024
My Dearest David, ALWAYS in My Heart!...Forever!!...Love you, Miss you! Your, Neal xx
Neal Peters, Spouse
January 25, 2024
Neal Peters, Spouse
January 25, 2024
Neal Peters, Spouse
January 25, 2024
Oh, David, It's been a long time since I have written...they just played Erik Satie's Trois Gymnopédies...That we used to let play to sleep to through the night with it playing over and over not letting it shut off on the record player in the very early 1970s...It just breaks my heart...and this post says it all...Together Forever and Never to part...Together Forever us Two!...Your, Neal...xx
Steve Lowe
January 8, 2024
As another year fades away, and another one crashes into view... I´ve been thinking about the sad passing of David since last weeks, anniversary. I will be raising a glass of something medicinal this evening, in memory of him. Sadly we never met but, we were email buddies, and through David, met his partner Neal, who became my email buddy too... Sending love, and thoughts and of course, hugs, to you Neal, keep the torch burning!
All the way from London Town! Steve and Annie x
DAVID DUARTE
January 1, 2024
What we will do is REMEMBER. Miss you, my friend.
Neal Peters, Spouse
December 31, 2023
Christmas Eve Jan. 31, 2023...Decided to write today as tomorrow was the excruciating final day that lasted 47 great years together...and yes tomorrow, is the 5th year you have been gone...Just found this beautiful photo of you when we came back from Vegas after 2 weeks at Caesars with Ann-Margret and Roger and stayed on with them for an extra week...here in the guest house in Jan. of 1982. Boy Dave we really did it and with their love and kindness, our eternal love had an incredible life together...(just received our A-M promotional book poster, here on your lap)...I just adore this photo (totally you) and all our beautiful memories! So Strange the good ones can often hurt more because they were so unbelievable. Love you forever and ever and never to part! Thank you!! Your Neal xx
David Duarte
December 24, 2023
Our dear David, it's Christmas again. Another special day without you. Thinking of you and missing you. Although gone, you are still around in spirit. Shine for us you beautiful snow-angel. Tonight, I will be playing "Angels We Have Heard On High" and be thinking of you. Noel - Your friend David
Neal Peters
December 24, 2023
...SOON IT WILL BE CHRISTMAS EVE AGAIN DAVID...
FIVE YEARS HAVE GONE BY...IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO BELIEVE THAT I HAVE SURVIVED THOSE YEARS WITHOUT YOU....IT HAS NOT BEEN EASY...THEY SAY IT GETS BETTER, IT GETS EASIER...OK, WELL!...STILL WAITING FOR THAT DAY....I'
D LOVE TO BE LIVING PROOF OF THAT... I STILL HAVE THE SAME LOVE FOR YOU THAT I HAVE ALWAYS HAD AND THAT WILL NEVER CHANGE OR DIMINISH...NOT A DAY GOES BY...TOGETHER FOREVER AND NEVER TO PART...TOGETHER FOREVER WE TWO!... I MISS YOU DAVID!... YOUR NEAL xx
Dave&NealFireIslandJune2,1972!
Neal Peters, Spouse
December 19, 2023
Dear David...The wonderful, magical trip of my week with Ann-Margret...it was all flying 1st class and then some..but Again....it was bittersweet to not have you and Roger there. THAT HURT. Though Ann-Marget and I discussed it so it helped alleviate it somewhat. We went out to dinner a couple of nights and reminisced a lot about the past from room to room, in the dining room and just sitting up in bed with her...with Harley the Cat and Miss Mona the dog...All very SWEET .. loving and caring...She is a wonderful person, an incredible human being (BTW...not something that we just learned)....SHE is beyond words. Yes, again we missed you and Roger!.... Always, your Neal xx
Richard Hack-Davis
December 11, 2023
Dear David,
It has been far too long since I said hello, and shared with you how wonderfully proud I am of you. It's been 51 years since we first met in Las Vegas. Neal and David. David and Neal. Such an indelible imprint the two of you made on me that even now you are joined in my memory.
It has been said that love is immortal. And nowhere is that more evident than in the heartbreak that Neal feels in your absence. His love for you grows ever stronger each day and stands as a testament to your eternal bond.
I wish I had spent more time with you both when I had the opportunity. Now that I realize my foolishness, I promise to keep in touch. And I will do everything I can to ease the pain that aches in Neal's heart. Nothing can replace you of course. But celebrating your life together is one way that I can pay tribute to the love that you shared, and will continue to share forever.
Neal Peters, Spouse
December 1, 2023
My Dear David...these were just the most terrible months for us 5 years ago... the most painful period leading up to Jan. 1st which was the end of our world. I try, but it is very hard to forget...Wendy and our friends have been so helpful....it is extremely hard for me to re-frame but I am going to try harder to rejoice in what we had instead of what we lost (which has always been very difficult for me). I hope I have the ability inside that will finally allow me to do so... I love you so much David Smith and always will...Your Neal...xx
Photo: David as a teenager in Florida :-)
David Duarte
November 25, 2023
Our dearest David, now that our holidays are here, things are not the same, as when you brought so much happiness to others. Your anniversary will hurt the most. I wish I knew you more than I did but the times we shared were full of beautiful things. The more we know Neal, the more we learn the man that you were. One of caring and happiness. Keep us in your heart and comfort Neal whom you were the world to. My sincere appreciation for the good times.
Neal Peters, Spouse
November 23, 2023
Nov. 23, 2023................... Together Forever and Never to Part!...xx
Neal Peters , Spouse
November 23, 2023
Dearest David...What we had... we can never lose. It is part of me as you are forever in my heart...Missing you and loving you today and always. Your Neal xx
Neal Peters, Spouse
November 9, 2023
Dearest David, Back from my visit to you today, and nothing makes me happier. You had what no one else had an attitude about life that I hope to develop in myself more. We received so many beautiful notes from our dear friends and from my family as if they were actually yours...which they were in terms of love and life. Some friends who are actually like family now as one can see from some of the posts. JUST BEAUTIFUL and caring...like you..together forever and NEVER to part...together FOREVER we two....Your Neal xx
David Duarte
November 9, 2023
David, wishing you a beautiful birthday. May you continue to leave your love for your family and friends but most of all to Neal. God put you on earth years ago, on this day out of the love he had for you. You shared that love with us. Continue to allow us to feel your presence and watch over Neal. We love Neal as we love you. Happy Birthday my dear friend.
Neal Peters, Spouse
November 8, 2023
Dear David
Tomorrow is your birthday and I wanted to honor it with all the love there is to send. I am just back from my week with Ann-Margret. It was lovely as we were able to go to visit Roger. It was as I said, it would be bittersweet especially coming home and not having you here. Anyway today is a special day that I´m so thankful for as it brought you into this world. Once again, you made me the man I am today and I thank you with all my heart and soul. I Love you and I miss you, my dear David hard to say happy birthday.
But i´m saying it! xx Your Neal
Neal Peters, Spouse
October 31, 2023
David ...Your Birthday is on the 9th...Stacey will be coming in and we will have a brunch as we always do to honor that day. I will miss you so much... going traveling by air without you and even more so coming home and you not being here...just an empty apartment... but off to LA to visit with Ann-Margret for the week...first time without you since Roger's Funeral July 2017. There are lots of personal things that I cannot even write here...but as most people say...you know anyway.
This is a tough trip besides Roger not being there...the bliss of being with A-M is lovely and will be heartfelt! Thinking, Missing, and Loving you with all my heart...now and forever... together and never to part! Your Neal xx
Susan McAleese Wiedeman
October 21, 2023
Dear David. Though we never had a chance to meet, I somehow feel I know you. Hearing all the wonderful stories, your photos, and adventures you and Neal had together is so heartwarming! You both had so much love for each other that people in their lifetime never get to experience. It´s been fun getting to know you through the man that has so MUCH LOVE FOR YOU! Thank you for working so hard on the Beautiful Ann Margret book you and Neal created, I will cherish forever!
David you were not only Debonair & Handsome but a kind soul!
Neal certainly keeps your spirt alive, never to forget! Love you David will keep you in my heart Love Susan McAleese Wiedeman
Neal Peters, Spouse
October 1, 2023
Oct. 1, 2023
David......
NOT A DAY GOES BY.
........if it weren't for you...
.....you were the best thing that ever happened to me...
.....NOBODY could truly understand
You are always on my mind and deep in my heart
with all love, your Neal..xx
Neal Peters, Spouse
September 17, 2023
Neal Peters, Spouse
September 17, 2023
This was a love letter that David wrote to me on my 50th Birthday. I wanted to send it back to him, from me, as it is the perfect emotion to express to him from my heart on what would have been our 52nd Anniversary (Sept. 17th, 1971). It was also 10 years ago that we got married today! My David... Your, Neal xx
Neal Peters, Spouse
September 1, 2023
Sept 1st...four years and nine months have gone by...It does not seem it...but ..IT IS an eternity...this Sept. 17th would have been our 52nd anniversary. To say I miss and love you is merely an understatement. Cannot go on as I believe this all speaks for itself...but I will...love is a very strong emotion and what a terrible way to find out by losing you...you are always in my heart without even thinking....how lucky and grateful I was...Not a Day Goes by Dear David.. your, Neal xx
SHANE
August 15, 2023
Hey my very dearest DAVID!
Your AMAZING legacy has touched people who never met you. Your beloved spouse Neal is celebrating your wonderful spectacular life with heartfelt treasured memories. People are discovering your epic romance with Neal and falling in love with your story. You are still such a huge part of Neal's life so please give him a sign that you are still with him, guiding him, loving him, and healing him.
All my love now and always!
SHANE xoxo
David Abrams
August 12, 2023
Dear Mr. Peters,
I´m so sorry for the loss of your beloved David. Reading your messages to him, tears filling my eyes, I could feel your loving devotion as well as your profound heartache. Clearly, the two of you had a kind of love that rarely happens - when the stars, the planets, fate and chemistry align, and the universe, in bodaciously mischievous agreement, says, "OK, let´s see how this plays out."
I didn´t know David. For that matter, I don´t know you. Trying to track down your A-M book, of which I´m a fan, led me here (the internet, like a tour guide leading you to places you didn´t know you needed to know). But then I was captivated by your love story. Thank you for sharing your it in a forum where it could be discovered as a source of inspiration and hope, even in the face of gut-wrenching loss.
Respectfully, I wish you peace, comfort and contentment.
Neal Peters
August 1, 2023
The 1st of August. With all my Love Always, David. Never Forgotten and Forever in my Heart...I Miss and Love You!...Your Neal xx
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Neal Peters
July 12, 2023
Dear David...Miss you...Love you... Same as Always...4 Ever and Ever...Your Neal xx
Neal Peters
July 1, 2023
Dearest David, Another month has gone by. Time without you is not comforting. I miss, love, and think about you all the time and I always will. You were a Gem...Together forever and never to part... your, Neal xx Spouse
SHANE
June 2, 2023
To my very dearest most amazing friend DAVID!
There is not a minute of each day that your loving husband Neal does not think about you. You are still a huge part of his life. The beauty of your unconditional love is something Neal will never and cannot ever forget or give up on. Your spirit and your soul live on deep within his aching heart. Neal misses you more than ever. He will never give up on you, You are the shining light of his existence, You showed us all the true meaning of love. You were, are, and always will be one of the nicest guys I have had the honor of being close friends with. You, Neal and I shared so many amazing times which I will forever treasure. It's been 4 1/2 years since you entered the next realm. Dave, please give Neal a sign that you are OK, My father came back to me in a month. My mom came back to me in 1 1/2 years. It's not easy to re-enter this dimension but I have hope.
Sending you all my love now and forever!
You beloved friend for all eternity!
SHANE xoxoxo
Neal Peters, Spouse
June 1, 2023
Dearest David, Today is now 4 1/2 years that you have been gone. It is so hard to believe. I miss and love you as much if not more. My heart is broken and don't know how to fix it. I've tried but when you've had the very best it's tough work. You gave me the sweetest, most wonderful 47 years together (would have been 52 come September). Thank you, with all love. Your, Neal...xx
Neal Peters
May 19, 2023
Dear David...Tons of Wonderful Memories and Strong Emotions. Winter Wonderland for Valentine's Celebration upstate in the Romantic Log Cabin in the Woods on Feb. 16, 2006.
LOVE YOU ALWAYS, xx Neal
Neal Peters, Spouse
May 1, 2023
Another month has gone by...went down to the park/river where we always sat once we moved up here...unfortunately, that only lasted for a short amount of time and it will never be the same...but I did see a sweet cardinal land right in front of my vision from our bench!... Missing and Loving you David, Always, Neal xx
Neal Peters, Spouse
April 29, 2023
David, Your Birthday, Nov. 9, 2016, on West 20th St...WOW, what a time...we had our dream come true life together that I wouldn't change for a minute...we were so lucky, so happy, so in love...and boy I miss it so much! Think of you every day and will always love you. You were the ultimate partner in life and still are! With all the Love there is to give, Your Neal xx
Neal Peters, Spouse
April 15, 2023
Dearest David, Thinking of you, missing you, and loving you with all my heart! Always, Your Neal..xx
Neal Peters, Spouse
April 1, 2023
Dear David...Boy do I miss our table that you always made so much more beautiful with your incredible style!...LOVE YOU...Together Forever and Never to Part...xx
Neal Peters, Spouse
March 16, 2023
Neal Peters, Spouse
March 16, 2023
Neal Peters, Spouse
March 16, 2023
David and I with Ann-Margret's Mother (Mrs. Anna Olsson) on the Set of "The Two Mrs. Grenvilles" in 1986 during a break in filming and Roger Smith took this photo with his 3D camera. Then here we are in our apartment on Waverly Place (which Roger also took). David prepared an unbelievable meal for Ann-Margret, Roger, Mama Olsson, and the two of us..then afterward it was back to filming for the rest of the day and into the night all around Manhattan. The filming continued for days here in NYC. Roger continued photographing with his 3D camera. What a beautiful memory.
SHANE
March 7, 2023
To my very Dearest DAVE!
Missing your warm friendly smile and all the wonderful times we shared on 20th Street with your amazing husband Neal. Thanks for being so patient with Neal and I as we had tons of fun going through all those gorgeous Ann-Margret transparencies! The two of you are the greatest friends EVER and I will forever treasure all the incredible times we all shared together over the years backstage with A-M and going back to Barrow Street! Neal loves you more than anything in the entire universe and it's easy to see why after having the honor of knowing you.
LOVE YOU DAVE! xoxoxo
Neal Peters, Spouse
March 6, 2023
Neal Peters, Spouse
March 6, 2023
Neal Peters, Spouse
March 6, 2023
David and Lily Tomlin were in the same Theater/Drama Class in College in Michigan. When they saw each other at her party opening night in NYC it rekindled their friendship from the good ole days (luckily I became part of that and it was like family with her and sweet Jane Wagner). The first thing she said when we came backstage was..."What would Christmas be without our Ann-Margret Xmas Cards" (we sent one to her and Jane since 1973). After that night we had tickets for every brilliant show and backstage following each one. Here is a note she sent us after we had a 'classic gift' made for her which we brought up to Ann-Margret and Roger Smith's hotel the night they were in NYC going to see her show and presented it to her backstage.
Neal Peters
March 1, 2023
The beginning of March with no winter snow to talk about...we loved our snow days...they were always so romantic. Here we are on Bedford St. with you (a sweet smirk on your face) and Honey sharing that electric blanket and neither one of you getting out of bed...those hungry years were really tough... BUT they were still So Beautiful. Missing it all especially you... Not a day goes by...Always and Forever, Neal...xx
Nancy Wolff
February 28, 2023
Dear Neal: Thinking of you and the loss of your David. There is never enough time to be with the one we love but even if you lose someone, you never lose the love you had and the memories. That remains in your heart forever. I will always remember the times I spent with you both (and drinking champagne).
Nancy
Neal Peters
February 18, 2023
Dearest David, This says it all!...Always, Your Neal xx
51 years and you're still my Valentine, that will never change. And I proudly profess, you always will be the love of my life. Will be there to visit today! Thank you for every miracle you've made happen for us in our lives together! ...forever David, y
Neal Peters
February 14, 2023
51 years and you're still my Valentine, that will never change.
And I proudly profess, you always will be the love of my life.
Will be there to visit today!
Thank you for every miracle you've made happen for us in our lives together!
...forever David, your Neal xx
David, Getting close to another special occasion that we celebrated that meant so much to us...and it still does...had to write now...nothing will ever change the meaning of those special days of romance...ever!...we were as giddy on our 40th Valentine's
Neal Peters
February 7, 2023
David, Getting close to another special occasion that we celebrated that meant so much to us...and it still does...had to write now...nothing will ever change the meaning of those special days of romance...ever!...we were as giddy on our 40th Valentine's Day together as on our first..so thankful...I feel it now, as the day approaches and I miss you so much...together forever and never to part...together 4-ever we two...xx Love You Always, Your Neal...xx
Neal Peters
February 1, 2023
Cozumel...Celebrity Anniversary Cruise!...A great, fun and relaxing Celebration...Thinking of You Today and Every Day...With All My Love, Neal xx
Neal Peters
January 26, 2023
Handsome Dave and Precious Girl...Beautiful At Home in 1987 on Waverly Place.
Neal Peters
January 23, 2023
Summer of 1972...Oakleyville, Fire Island...Cool David with dear Peter Allen and his sweet sister Lynne...Wow! those were the days. We felt like we were invincible...Miss these wonderful times...xx!
...you always knew how to make things special and wonderful...for my birthday in 2016...an individual chocolate creme cake for me and an individual vanilla coconut creme cake for you...wow...these little things meant so much...sadly, a monumental birthda
Neal Peters
January 16, 2023
...you always knew how to make things special and wonderful...for my birthday in 2016...an individual chocolate creme cake for me and an individual vanilla coconut creme cake for you...wow...these little things meant so much...sadly, a monumental birthday without you David..;-(...xx
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