Larry was a Sea Scout, as he lived in Louisville during his childhood and teen-age years.  Louisville was on the Mighty Ohio River and many boys were Sea Scouts rather than Boy Scouts.  Larry was an expert swimmer and water skier.  Later he attended Eastern Kentucky College in Bowling Green, Kentucky.  I well remember parties when Larry was a young adult.  I can see him now in a black turtle neck sweater, thick black framed glasses........standing on a coffee table doing an imitation of Ernie Kovaks.  He loved comedians Mort Sahl and Ernie Kovaks and Mike Nichols and Elaine May.  He loved almost all jazz singers and musicians.  His closest friends were men who were as extremely funny and loud, as he was quiet and reserved.  Larry was courteous and mannerly.  Summed up, he never met a person who didn't like him.