StoryCorps Historias: Miriam Cruz-Colon and Oscar Colon

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Miriam Cruz-Colon and her husband Oscar Colon remember meeting as acting students in 1959. Read the full description.

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Colon_small In 1959, a mutual friend wanted Miriam Cruz and Oscar Colon, then acting students in New York City, to appear together in a scene. They were supposed to meet in front of the Ed Sullivan Theater, but Oscar was late. They ended up at Hector's, a restaurant on Broadway. They didn't end up doing the scene together. "But we got married, which is even better," Oscar says. Both 70, they will celebrate their 44th anniversary next month.

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In 1959, a mutual friend wanted Miriam Cruz and Oscar Colon, then acting students in New York City, to appear together in a scene. They were supposed to meet in front of the Ed Sullivan Theater, but Oscar was late. They ended up at Hector's, a restaurant on Broadway. They didn't end up doing the scene together. "But we got married, which is even better," Oscar says. Both 70, they will celebrate their 44th anniversary next month.

Broadcast History

NPR's Morning Edition November 23, 2007

Intro and Outro

INTRO:

Time now for StoryCorps. All across the country, people are sitting down together to record stories about their lives. Like this couple ... Miriam and Oscar Colon <> first met in 1959 when they were in their early 20s. They were both acting students in New York.

OUTRO:

Miriam and Oscar Colon <> in New York. They celebrate their 44th anniversary next month. The Colon's interview will be archived along with ALL the others ... at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. More of these stories are in the new StoryCorps book, "Listening is An
Act of Love" ... and at NPR-dot-ORG.