- After one year at Harvard, he left to serve with army in Europe in World War II.
- Retired, living in Berkeley, writing poetry. (April 2003)
- Was also a poet and a playwright.
- As of the early 1990s Blossom has released some of his dramatic poems on video.
- According to one published report, in the 1940s, Blossom was sent to an Army mental ward when he claimed conscientious objector status.
- Graduated from the prestigious Asheville School in North Carolina, 1941.
- Was named a "Distinguished Performance" for his appearance in "A Village Wooing" a the first Obie Awards for the 1955-1956 season. The Obies are presented in recognition for achievement in the Off-Broadway theater.
- Has a daughter, Debbie, and a son, Michael.
- He is the recipient of four Obies (the Off-Broadway acting awards) and a Show Business Award.
- He and his first wife, dancer/choreographer Beverly Schmidt, both participated in the Filmstage theater movement of the 1950s and '60s, which involved the simultaneous presentation of live actors with film and/or slides.
- He has appeared in three films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: The Hospital (1971), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) and Home Alone (1990).
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