A Steve Dunleavy sighting!

With his long absence from the pages of The New York Post, Jim Brady's interview that read like one of those New York Times video obituaries where people get to talk from beyond the grave, and what we've been hearing secondhand, we were getting a bit worried that tabloid legend, superstar and damn good guy Steve Dunleavy would soon be knocking back vodkas with Elvis.

So it was heartening to receive this email this morning from a mutual friend:

"I just ran into Steve Dunleavy on the street. He was impeccably dressed in a dark blue suit, crisp white shirt and a power tie. Aside from the cane he looked great (after all those things I'd read about his ill health)."

We'll drink to that!