1. Maybe Jerry's son should get a job. What a loser.

Posted at 2:01PM on Aug 10th 2008 by Barbara

2. why would he want to donate his eyes ?

Posted at 2:09PM on Aug 10th 2008 by Michelle

3. If you Love your family, consult an Estate Planning Attorney.

Posted at 2:39PM on Aug 10th 2008 by FlBiker

4. The children of step parents usually get nothing but the shaft. Why parents (paticularly the men) fail to write a will including their children is a mystery.

Posted at 2:44PM on Aug 10th 2008 by WTF

5. i agree with jerry's son. 110%

Posted at 2:46PM on Aug 10th 2008 by jenny jen

6. Shame his son is such trash. "shuck his eyes out" !

Being an organ donor was Jerry Orbach's choice, he made it long before he died.

Posted at 3:08PM on Aug 10th 2008 by kath

7. the corneas were donated to 2 people so that they would have their vision restored - a wonderful gift - hope the son never needs any organ transplant because he sounds like an ungrateful jerk

Posted at 3:13PM on Aug 10th 2008 by rn

8. Hope Jerry's kid never needs an organ!!!!!

Posted at 3:17PM on Aug 10th 2008 by purplebellagirl

9. I call BS. As a nurse that has worked with organ donation, no one comes and shucks out anyones eyes. AFTER the patient has passed, and has been taken to the morgue, someone from the organ procurement group will remove the corneas. The actual eyes remain in the patient.

Posted at 3:26PM on Aug 10th 2008 by stephanie

10. Shame on Chris Orbach! His comments make me sick. Jerry Orbach made an unselfish choice to help others through organ donation, and his son's attempt to cheapen that gift with his own greedy motives is beyond despicable. I hope he spends the rest of his life broke and in ill health.

Posted at 3:37PM on Aug 10th 2008 by Ya Think

11. As someone that has lived through a stepmother taking everything, I feel for him. But as the recipient of a kidney from an organ donor, I don't like his attitude about donating his father's eyes.

Posted at 4:15PM on Aug 10th 2008 by shell

12. Anybody who begrudges an organ donation is a moron. People will regain their sight because of his father's unselfish actions. Too bad the son can't do the same.

The kids were not cut out of the will. They have trusts set up in their names. Kid could always get a job and provide for himself like his Dad did.

Why shouldn't Orbach provide for his wife of nearly 30 years? It's not like he married some 22 year old when he was 70. They'd been married for decades.

Posted at 4:41PM on Aug 10th 2008 by Sammi

13. No one deserves an inheritance. If Jerry's son needs money he can earn it. His father earned his own. And as to the transplant complaint, Chris ought to be ashamed. What does he care what happens to his father's body?!?!?

Posted at 4:56PM on Aug 10th 2008 by oklahomabarry

14. I hope Jerry made stipulations (one way or another ) to his children in the will. I agree with the earlier poster that the step-children definitely get the short end of the stick. It is never a good idea to put the step-mother in charge to divvy anything up. Emotions and greed get in their way and the kids get screwed! I hope they take this woman to court!

Posted at 4:57PM on Aug 10th 2008 by Laura

15. Gotta wonder about their relationship...

Most people with good healthy parental relationships know what arrangements have been made (i.e. copy of the will, know who the beneficiaries are, etc.) so that nothing is a surprise and any nastiness after the fact can be avoided. Many people do the right thing and take the appropriate measures to ensure that their children see their share of an estate, especially wtih second marriages. I'm not saying that this type of stuff doesn't happen, I know people that it has happened to, but they are the exception rather than the rule. I do find it very interesting that most of these types of "surprises" often involve a step parent though.

Everyone else take note...ask the difficult questions. It's not fun to talk about, but it has to happen!!

Posted at 5:06PM on Aug 10th 2008 by outta here