I figured I would let all the TV stations do their 10 million stories about Sylvia (that are all the same) before I put in my two-cents. Surprisingly they probably did twice as many stories about Metli than they did about Sylvia.
I didn’t know Sylvia personally, but have attended a couple of private parties she was at and I would always discuss her latest cigar box purse when she would attend the Symphony (I was the lead usher at the Pavilion). She was always pleasant to talk to and usually had a quip about something.
I used to work with Denny Oviatt, a long time employee of Sylvia’s. He told me while Sylvia could be kind of tough on her employees the one thing he appreciated about her was when you were in her crosshairs for work performance, she wouldn’t let the issue stew. Denny said she would call you in her office right away, let you have it, then it was over. He said she would never hold a grudge or be vindictive, he said she would just tell you to go back to work.
She will be missed.