Anthony Marc Liali

Born Anthony Marc Liali on July 14, 1962 to (Salvatore J. Liali and Treva K.(Small)) in Tipton, Indiana. He grew up in Kokomo, Indiana where he attended the Palmer, St. Joan of Arc and Kokomo High School north campus. He had no idea what he wanted to do in college until he saw Star Wars in 1977. Attending Kokomo School of Self-Defense under who's tutalege 10th dan Eddie Bethea, he was a member where he earned a two mid-western titles plus a State Championship in kata in the green/purple belt division in 1983. He enrolled in Indiana University-Kokomo in the fall of 1981. A good friend of his, Dave Hamren, encouraged him to go back to school after he dropped out in 1983. Carrying a full load of coursework for the next two semesters in 1984-1985, he transferred down to the Indiana University-Bloomington in his junior year. In his first senior year, he joined Kappa Delta Rho fraternity. Splitting the difference between his duties at the fraternity and his studies. He graduated in December of 1988 with a degree in Telecommunications and a minor in Film Studies. After graduation, he worked at Z-93/WIOU as an intern and then applied and got a job as an on-air personality. He then saved enough money from taking a job at Hacienda Mexican restaurant as a server in order to travel to Los Angeles, California. He ended up settling with two of his fraternity brothers in Glendale, CA. and found work as a boom operator in the film industry. He worked on over 85 projects for all of the major studios and worked with many actors/celebrities. He worked in the industry for almost five years before taking another friend's advice and joined the District Intern Workshop, in order to, earn his teacher's credential. In 2008, he joined the writing team for the on-line entertainment site Nuke the Fridge for which he wrote over 1,500 articles under the pen name Namtar for the seven year period. Due to having a conflict with staff, he reluctantly quit his position. On Friday, February 26th, 2010 during the annual Black History Day Parade, he chose RuPaul as the representative for his first grade class. It fit into his curriculum due to the Elizabethean times where men had to dress as women to play parts in dramas. {Somebody please look into this!} The Rev. Eric E. Lee from the Southern Christian Leadership Conference got involved. He used this platform to run for school board seat number 1, lost, and then moved to Washington, D.C. Liali struggled with being transferred to a middle school with students approximately fifteen blocks away and was told it was for his safety. They had no long term teacher all year and they were unruly. In July of 2015, he enrolled in Second City-Hollywood for the first of three classes. This was the same school that is sponsors Saturday Night Live. Due to Glioblastoma, an aggressive brain tumor, he died. He is survived by his wife Mercedes of nearly 18 years from the Philippines. Her two children Kathy and Peter John survive as well as his half-brother Bill and sister-in-law Kaye, their son Bill, Jr. and daughter, Lindsey. He is also survived by his sister Harriet, brother-in- law Jessie, and their only child Jessica. He is survived by his sister Sally with three kids Shelby, Crystal, and Michael.