Overview

• The sitcom’s creator disclosed at a June 16 Paley Center reunion that John Lennon stood as Peter Boyle’s best man in 1977.
• Boyle met Rolling Stone journalist Loraine Alterman on the set of Young Frankenstein in 1974 and they married three years later.
• Alterman’s friendship with Yoko Ono facilitated Boyle’s bond with Lennon, who accepted a last-minute invitation to serve as best man.
• The 30-year reunion brought together Ray Romano, Patricia Heaton, Maggie Wheeler and producer Tom Caltabiano to commemorate the series’ legacy.
• Rosenthal ruled out any reboot of Everybody Loves Raymond at the event given the deaths of Boyle in 2006 and Doris Roberts in 2016.