I remember reading a hilarious story about him from people he knew after his death. Thanks to the miracle of Google I found it again:
In the late 1970's Harvey used to
have this fabulous apartment on Central Park West and he would have these
fabulous free flowing parties.. It was not unusual to find the most eclectic
types of people involved in a variety of insane situations and positions..
After one of these parties, myself, Harvey and a couple of my friends went to dinner
at a restaurant on nthe Upper West Side.. Harvey came to the dinner dressed in a
white lab coat that beared a name tag "Dr Harvey Rosenberg" and he carried a doctors bag.
I sat at the table with him and I excused myself from the table and went to the payphone in the
rear of therestaurant. I called the establishment and asked them if they could page
Dr. Rosenberg-- identifying myself as being an intern at Roosevelt Hospital..
Harvey has no idea it is me until he gets on the phone and we decide to play a major
joke on everyone in the restaurant.
He picks up the phone and screams
"I don't care if she is hemorraghing to death, screw her. i am hungry." and he
hangs up and goes back to the table. I go back to the table and of course the
whole restaurant is in shock. I wait five minutes more and go back to the phone
and he is paged again.. He screams " Screw her, don't call me again-- get
someone else." Well, the place is an uproar-- a woman comes up to him and says
to his face " you ought to be ashamed of yourself-- what about the Hippocratic
Oath you took? Don't you have any sympathy--any compassion? " Harvey looks at
her and says to her " Madam, I know you. you were in the 1972 Sex Olympics.. you
were disqualified for having Lock Jaw" That is the Harvey I will always
remember-- trying to have a little harmless fun and trying to turn the world on
its edge a little bit.. He certainly did.. He had a heart of gold and a mind
that penetrated steel. I will always miss him-- why not? he was one of a kind..A
renaissance man who was also a pisser-- what a combo. Rest in peace Dr. Harvey..
respectfully,
Les Borden
Source:
http://coneyislanddreams.com/tri/harvey.html