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Barbara Sklar

Barbara is a Realtor-Associate® and Christie’s Certified Luxury Specialist with 20+ years’ experience in buying and selling real estate. She specializes in assisting sellers and buyers with historical properties, luxury homes, new homes, special properties and resort homes in Northern New Jersey. Barbara’s knowledge of distinctive properties that offer unique attributes such as golf, skiing, equestrian facilities, acreage, farms, mountain views, water views, city views, etc, makes her a great asset for buyers that desire a home and property that either feature or can accommodate their lifestyle needs. She is a full-service Realtor® that is experienced in prepping homes for sale by styling, staging and creating much needed curb appeal. She also has experience in assisting clients with resources for both selling and displaying antiques, fine art and acquisitions, as well as, resources for online estate sale auctions and cleanouts. Every client receives her signature full service real estate program that includes a complimentary market analysis, comprehensive

Grandparent Profile: Barbara Sklar

I was born in Scranton, a small mining town in northeastern Pennsylvania. My father was from New York City, so we visited that magical city many times. My experiences there led me to want to see much more of the world.

 

I showed an early interest in drawing and painting, but I also loved being with younger children, which led me to babysitting and working with children’s groups as a pre-teen and teenager. I loved painting and drawing through elementary school and high school and considered going to art school. The two strands ran throughout my life.

 

After graduating from Ohio State University with a major in Early Childhood Development, I moved to Cleveland, Ohio, to work with children with emotional issues. I also continued to attend art classes and paint in a studio throughout the years. I met and married my husband Richard in Cleveland, and our three children were born there: Eric, Marc, and Pamela (Audrey’s mother).

 

I received a master's degree from Case Western Reserve in Public and Social Administratio

Barbara Rickles, Widow of Don Rickles, Dies at 84

Barbara Rickles, the widow of famed comedian Don Rickles, died Sunday on what would have been the couple’s 56th wedding anniversary. She was 84.

Rickles died at her home in Century City of complications from non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, publicist Paul Shefrin told The Hollywood Reporter. Her husband died in April 2017 of kidney failure at age 90.

Born Barbara Sklar and raised in Philadelphia, she first met the insult comedian when she was working as a secretary for his agent, and they married in 1965. She and Don often vacationed with comic Bob Newhart and his wife, Ginnie.

In his 2007 memoir, Rickles’ Book, he called her “the world’s best sport. I say that because even though she quickly became a character in my routines, she never complained.

“Barbara didn’t blink when I told audiences in New York, Miami and Las Vegas about me swinging from the chandelier during our wedding night. I made up all kinds of crazy nonsense. I was Tarzan, she was Jane. I’d say, ‘When we get

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