Edward Malinoff, 84, logistics manager for the Navy Edward Malinoff and his late wife were active in their Philadelphia-area synagogue. (Josh Malinoff)
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(Jewish Exponent via JTA) Edward Malinoff loved his music and his witty puns.
He sang frequently and even sent a song he wrote to Billy Joel, who wrote back to say he only sang his own material. Malinoff remembered the lyrics to songs from old movies with great accuracy despite having dementia in his later years.
“What we really, to be honest, remember the most is his sense of humor,” his daughter Dori Cowan said, noting her dad’s puns.