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When Richard Lewis first met Joyce Lapinsky in 1998, she had a job in music publishing. To impress her during a party at Ringo Starr’s house, he performed the “snake dance.” Lewis later told The New York Times that his attempt at being seductive was so terrible that he wrote down the words, “I swear I’m a decent guy,” and slipped his short love letter to Lapinsky.
While he was smitten, Lewis didn’t propose to Lapinsky until she joined him for a therapy session seven years later. Lewis was there to talk about an issue he wanted to resolve before fully committing to their relationship. However, he told the Observer that his therapist alarmed him by shouting, “This is as good as it gets!” in a demonic voice. In an interview with The Washington Post, the happy couple recounted what they said to each other during Lewis’ proposal: “I guess we have to” and “Yeah, okay.”
Lapinsky later quit her music industry gig and started working as a development consultant for the nonprofit Urban Farming. During his later years, Lewis faced a few health struggles, including being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and undergoing surgery for a back problem. After he injured his shoulder by slipping beside a pool, his wife bought him a thoughtful gift: a new toilet. “When you walk into the bathroom, it opens automatically,” Lewis told the Chicago Tribune. “I call it Sal.”
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