Dear Trevor Family,
 		  
When we write to you from The Trevor Project, we usually update you about some interesting, new event or other aspect of our mission of helping to prevent suicide among gay and questioning youth. Today, however, we are getting in touch for a different reason. Sadly, we write to inform you that Randy Stone, one of Trevor’s founders and an inspirational and enthusiastic supporter of the organization, passed away on February 12th at his Beverly Hills home of heart failure.

Randy, who was forty-eight, led a fascinating and remarkable life. After beginning his entertainment career as a child actor, Randy firmly established his reputation as a leading television casting director. After gaining his initial experience at The Landsberg Company, he won an Emmy Award® for casting the movie of the week The Incident. As head of casting at 20th Century Fox Television, he was responsible for shaping shows such as the The X-Files and Millennium. He also developed and executive produced the feature film Little Man Tate with Jodie Foster and Dianne Wiest. Most recently, Randy produced the Lifetime film A Little Thing Called Murder, which starred Judy Davis and for which he won the International Press Academy’s Satellite Award.		    

Perhaps most important to all of us, Randy produced the short film Trevor, a tender and humorous tale of a gay teenager’s struggle with his sexual orientation and his attempted suicide. Randy won the 1994 Academy Award® for Best Short Film (Live Action) for his efforts and, along with Peggy Rajski and James Lecesne, the film’s director and writer respectively, he co-founded The Trevor Project. As you all know, today Trevor operates the only nationwide, around-the-clock suicide prevention helpline for gay and questioning youth. After his passing, Randy’s family generously requested that any donations in Randy's memory be made to Trevor, certainly one of his greatest legacies.

Randy will be sorely missed by all of us who knew and loved him and by those whose lives he touched. We can all take solace in the fact that The Trevor Project, through the unceasing efforts of folks like you, continues and thrives in its critical work.
 
           
Charles Robbins
Executive Director		   Sean McManus
Chair, Board of Directors