Marty Brill’s Son Responds to Column

It has been 17 years since my father passed away. Jim Murray’s column (April 14) made me realize how much I really miss him.

Yes, he drank a lot. He drank to kill the pain of arthritis in his hips and ankles.

He was a good father, stern but fair, and loyal to his wife, family and friends. He had a tremendous dislike of phony people and could spot them from a mile away. He also never forgot an injustice.

His loves were the game of football and his roses. As we grew up we learned early on--don’t bother him during a football game and don’t play around the flowers.

To set the record straight, he did have major kidney surgery for kidney stones but did not have one replaced. He passed away in 1973 at St. Vincent’s Hospital from kidney failure (although I know he would have preferred his own back yard).

Our thanks to Mr. Murray. The Brill family would be proud to see the name Marty Brill in the college Hall of Fame. Keep up the fight. He was a good man and we all loved him.

MARTY E. BRILL

Alhambra