Archive for the TRIBUTE Category
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TRIBUTE: TRIBUTE TO MY PRECIOUS LITTLE MOTHER
TRIBUTE TO MY PRECIOUS LITTLE MOTHER I've begun this tribute to my precious little mother, May Rose Salkin, several times, but just can't get through it in one sitting. As I speak with the oh-so-many people who loved her, new thoughts com
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TRIBUTE: GEOFF MILLER, LOS ANGELES MAGAZINE FOUNDER
GEOFF MILLER, LOS ANGELES MAGAZINE FOUNDER I came home yesterday afternoon to the shocking news that my good buddy of very many years, Geoff Miller, had died. I kept thinking it was a mistake. This super-intelligent, always upbeat, lovely
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TRIBUTE: ELIZABETH TAYLOR
ELIZABETH TAYLOR Elizabeth Taylor has died. And, as I’m sure many of you are also experiencing, I’m surprised at just how awful I feel at her loss. Just the other day, a premonition that she was not going to be here much longer washed over
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TRIBUTE: NATE DOGG, R.I.P
NATE DOGG, R.I.P As we were going to sleep last night, we were shocked to hear that Nate Dogg, an R&B singer in his own right and oft-time collaborator with Snoop Dogg, had died. At only forty-one! So sad. It’s weird--I never have tim
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TRIBUTE: JACK LALANNE
TRIBUTE: JACK LALANNE Even though he was the ripe old age of 96, I was surprised and saddened to read that fitness pioneer and star Jack LaLanne had passed away yesterday. I actually knew him for a brief while! And a stronger man I cannot even
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TRIBUTE: MEMORIES OF ELAINE’S
MEMORIES OF ELAINE’S I was sad to hear of the passing last week of Elaine Kaufman, famous owner of her even-more-famous eponymous New York restaurant, Elaine’s. I dined there only three times in all these years, but each one was mem
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TRIBUTE: THEO CRAMPTON III
THEO CRAMPTON III, R.I.P. After spending most of October in New York, I just returned home to Los Angeles to very sad news. A lovely young man about whom I wrote in June, Theo Crampton, passed away on October 18th, way before his time. He was
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TRIBUTE: TONY CURTIS
TONY CURTIS-R.I.P. I had a different column all written, and even drafted, but I just woke-up to find-out that Tony Curtis, my first crush, has passed away, and even though he was eighty-five, it hit me a little hard. So, I want to share my
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TRIBUTE: DR. FRANK RYAN
DR. FRANK RYAN, R.I.P. Usually, if I’m writing a tribute to someone, I know them really well. That wasn’t the case with Dr. Frank Ryan, who lost his life when his jeep went over the side of the PCH in Malibu two days ago, but just meeting
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TRIBUTE: CLARENCE, THE SINGING DOG
TRIBUTE TO MY BOY, CLARENCE In The Prophet, when speaking “On Love,” Kahlil Gibran said basically, that without love, “…you shall laugh, but not all of your laughter, and weep, but not all of your tears.” I’m so madly in love with
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