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WHAT DO ABRAHAM LINCOLN, COLONEL SANDERS, TINY TIM, STEPHEN COLBERT AND RICHARD SMITH ALL HAVE IN COMMON? THEY’VE ALL PLAYED THE UKULELE. WHICH MAKES RICHARD VERY UNCOMMON AMONG HIS COMMERCIAL EDITING BRETHREN. THEN AGAIN, A LARGE AND DEVOTED NATIONAL CLIENTELE – REPRESENTING BRANDS LIKE ADIDAS, VERIZON, BUD LIGHT LIME, SPIKE TV, DODGE AND CHEVY – HAS KNOWN THAT FOR YEARS. IN ADDITION TO BEING RECOGNIZED THREE TIMES BY THE AICE WITH THE “BEST OF DETROIT” AWARD, RICHARD RECEIVED AN EMMY FOR EDITING “COME UNTO ME: THE FACES OF TYREE GUYTON” – A DOCUMENTARY RAISING AWARENESS AND ACTION AGAINST URBAN NEGLECT. RICHARD IS A BIG FAN OF FOREIGN CINEMA AND LISTS “BLOW-UP” AND “CITY OF LOST CHILDREN” AMONG HIS FAVORITES. HE AND HIS WIFE CYNTHIA, AN INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHER, ALSO ENJOY DRINKING GOOD WINE AND TRAVELLING EUROPE (OCCASIONALLY AT THE SAME TIME). RICHARD ADMITS A PARTICULAR FONDNESS FOR PORTUGAL. THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE UKULELE.
