Remembering Skip Sheffield: Part 2

Editor’s Note: We will be honoring the life of Skip Sheffield throughout the week and will compile photos, stories, and memories of our beloved Entertainment Columnist. We have received photos, and letters like the one below since Saturday morning and we will begin to publish these online. We will print a special edition honoring Skip with some of his best stories, and letters like the one below. If you, or anyone you know, would like to share with us a story of you and Skip, please email us at pheizer@bocaratontribune.com. Send your photos, stories, and anything else you would like.

By: Christine Ledbetter
Senior Arts Editor
Washington Post

I worked with Skip from 1981-1989 at The Boca News. Wayne Ezell was the editor, and it was one of the finest small newspapers in the country. As an entertainment writer, Skip knew everyone in the arts community in Palm Beach County and was even then a legend in Boca Raton. He was always old-school, reflecting a classic South Florida. If he were to be depicted in a movie, it would need to be a film noir.

I remember his wife and three blond daughters would visit him sometimes at work. They would all four be decked out in Laura Ashley-style dresses; a parade of sunshine walking into the newsroom.