Teaching was Palter’s main passion, even if his on-screen talents went much beyond his moving scene in “Titanic,” where he and his on-screen wife suffered a chilly, tragic death together. Before this, Palter was employed at the CalArts School of Theater.
CalArts paid tribute to Palter at the time of his passing, even though the news is just now getting to a larger audience. Lew Palter, a veteran faculty member of the School of Theater, passed away, the institution announced in a statement uploaded to its Instagram account.
