It all turned to shit Twelve years ago today

For Sidney Korshak, that is.
Wikipedia told Baby Rose Marie (who has just moved into the villa across the pool), and she told Franklin Pangborn, who told Cobina, who, after a couple of drinks told me: Sidney R. Korshak was a lawyer and "fixer" for businessmen in the upper echelons of power and the Chicago Outfit in the United States. He was born on the West Side of Chicago in 1909. He grew up there and through his law practice interacted with many mobsters like Al Capone, Frank Nitti and Sam Giancana. He was known as "the most powerful lawyer in the world", and his services were used by the upper ranks of both legitimate and illegitimate businesses in the United States. He and his wife played tennis and socialized with stars like Dinah Shore and many others. Korshak was known to have had a long-time affair with Stella Stevens.
He was born on June 6, 1907 and was raised with his four siblings in the Lawndale community of Chicago, attended and graduated from DePaul University College of Law, and, after a period of time relocated to Southern California where he maintained residence until his death on January 20, 1996.
Marrying a beautiful lady named Beatrice [Bea to her friends] and raising two sons, Mr. & Mrs. Korshak had as their primary residence for many years a mansion in the exclusive Bel Air portion of Beverly Hills at 10624 North Chalon Road, with a secondary home in Palm Springs. During the 1960s he had longtime affairs with actresses Stella Stevens and Jill St. John. Some people say he is responsible for their movie careers.
Korshak and his wife quickly made many friends in both locales, and indeed the world over, including many famous Hollywood celebrities, executive, studio heads & leading figures in the entertainment industry, including MCA/Universal chief Lew Wasserman, Paul Ziffren (entertainment attorney who would, in the 1980s be honored for, among many accomplishments, being the driving force behind bringing the 1984 Olympics to Los Angeles), Dinah Shore, Kirk Kerkorian (MGM chief), Charles Bluhdorn (Gulf + Western founder), Frank Sinatra, Ronald Reagan and his wife, Nancy, William French Smith (labor attorney & future United States Attorney General during the Reagan administration], Edmund "Pat" Brown, Edmund "Jerry" Brown (future Governor of California), Gray Davis (future Governor of California), Robert Evans (Paramount Pictures - production chief and independent film producer), Warren Beatty, Barron Hilton, Hugh Hefner and many others of significance in the field of motion pictures.

I'm not sure what it means, but Cobina says that no matter what the menu might say, Sidney always has strawberry shortcake for dessert.