Richard Kiley

Re “Richard Kiley; Epitomized ‘Man of La Mancha,’ ” obituary, March 6:

My first contact with Richard Kiley was in the winter of 1969 as a graduate student on semester break visiting the Big Apple for the first time. My fiancee was meeting me in Manhattan for a pre-wedding shopping spree, the first of many in our years of marriage. A relative provided us with center circle seats to “Man of La Mancha.” Dinner at Mama Leone’s, a bottle of Chianti, the magic of our first time in a Broadway theater and Kiley’s hypnotizing voice took these two Fairfax High School kids to heights unknown before or since.

MARTIN HARDSTARK

Irvine