By Liz
Goodwin
The long-lost love letter (AP)
In fact, the letter--addressed to Moore when he was a
student at Pennsylvania's California University--should now be
addressed to Muhammad Siddeeq, as he changed his name years ago
when he converted to Islam, the Pittsburg
Tribune-Review's Jason Cato writes.
A university mail worker found the opened love letter
only last week. It was signed by "Vonnie" and said "I still miss
you as much as ever and love you a thousand times more," according to
Reuters. Vonnie asked why the object of her affection
hadn't called her before he went back to college, but signed the
note "Love Forever." National news outlets publicized the
discovery, and a Pittsburgh friend recognized Siddeeq's former name
and contacted him, according to the
Observer-Reporter.
The 74-year-old now lives in Indianapolis and is
waiting with mixed emotions for the letter to arrive in his
mailbox.
"I'm curious, but I'm not sure I'd put it under the
category of 'looking forward to it,'" he told the
Tribune-Review.
He and Vonnie married later that year, in 1958, and had
four children before divorcing. Vonnie, reached by the paper, said
she was upset the letter had been released and did not want her
last name known. The couple no longer speak.
Siddeeq told the Observer-Reporter that the romantic
piece of mail is "just a testament of the sincerity, interest and
innocence of that time."