R.I.P. Suzanne P.
More! Lois Nettleton, Suzanne Pleshette … and still, you-know-who hangs in there. There really is no justice in Hollywoodland.
Vampira, R.I.P.
More proof of a godless world: Vampira dies yet Mickey Rooney continues to outlive everyone!
PS. Top right: Vampira in “The Beat Generation,” lower right: Lisa Marie as Vampira in “Ed Wood.”
Russ Columbo’s 100th bday
When I first moved to LA, I stayed in the very room where he was accidentally killed. I was hoping there’d be some “residual energy” but alas Russ is solidly dead. From my friend (god, do I love to brag that she is one of my best girlfriends - I can’t wait until we are dowagers together, with lorgnettes and fainting couches, if only she’d move out here sooner), Eve Golden:
Lenny Kaye wrote a great book about Columbo, “You Call It Madness: The Sensuous Song of the Croon.”