Back when Hal Linden was Harold Lipshitz, a Jewish kid from the Bronx, he dreamed of becoming a big-band leader. “So I felt I had to change my name,” says Linden, best-known as the stalwart Jewish ...
died on his birthday, Sunday June 12. Barney was born in Longmeadow and attended Enfield High School. At the age of 17, he began traveling across the country as a musician with "Big Band" era ...