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By Tasha Tsiaperas, Barry Horn and Claire Ballor
(May 28) – As a teenager, he delighted in mischievously putting his older sister’s bras in the freezer before her date nights.
As a young attorney, he argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, beating a loaded government legal team led by future Justice Samuel Alito Jr.
As a single man, he turned down a date with the reigning Miss Universe in part because she towered over his 5-foot-2 inch frame. On that very night, he opted for a first date with a neighborhood girl whom he could look in the eye. The Hillcrest High School graduates would be married 39 years.
As a devoted father, he filmed every event in their three sons’ lives — from religious ceremonies to sports to graduations.
Though he suffered from a lifelong chronic condition that eventually contorted his body and made it difficult for him to walk, a never-complaining Ira Edwin Tobolowsky carried on. He lived, he told everyone, a wonderful life.
Until Friday the 13th, when his colorful 68-year-old life ended prematurely on the floor of the garage in his North Dallas home.
This much is known: There was a fire, and firefighters found his dead body. Other circumstances remain shrouded in mystery two weeks later.
For the full version of this profile and memorial of Ira Tobolowsky, please visit The Dallas Morning News at thescoopblog.dallasnews.com.
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