Spotlight 🌟 Benjamin Rush "Rusty" Magee (August 6, 1955 – February 16, 2003) was an accomplished comedian, actor, and one of the most influential artists of Manhattan’s off-Broadway and cabaret scene. A year before Magee died, a celebration of his life and work was held at the West Bank Cafe in Manhattan. Magee gave an impromptu half-hour set on piano, in which he both played songs and reflected on his life. The concert, appropriately named Sweet Appreciation (after a Magee song based on Walt Whitman's poem Thanks In Old Age) was recorded and later released on CD.