The Days of Our Lives star died last week at 67 after a long battle with multiple sclerosis.
Modern Familyco-creator Christopher Lloyd is paying tribute to his late wife, Arleen Sorkin.
It wasn’t the first time his wife had organized a fundraiser for someone in need, he noted.
Christopher Lloyd and Arleen Sorkin.David Livingston/Getty
“At lunch she approached me.
‘My name is Arleen and I’m an empath.
I hear a clicking in your jaw that may be TMJ.
Here is the number of a dentist who can help.'”
“But that first day I was equal parts enchanted and mystified,” he recalled.
“She’d already been the center square onThe Hollywood Squares.
Why was she worrying about a stranger’s TMJ?
I came to learn that she worried about everyone.”
Lloyd added that as Sorkin’s career gained momentum, she remained grounded.
And the panoply of special guests occupying my chair as I arrived home never ceased."
But so it was.
She was, this force, weakened."
Despite her illness, Lloyd explained, “her spirit never flagged,” no matter what.
“She loved people, believed in them.
“Amid the tears, there was a last surprise.
She had purchased not seven, but nine burial plots.
There could be no doubt as to where she’d go.
Our center square, once and forever.”
