The world is more straightforward than you think. (Unless you're one of THOSE people, of course, in which case it is more complicated.)
Monday 20 February 2012
have you married the descendents of lucille ball and king william iv?
I bet you haven't, but Linda Purl has. She married Desi Arnaz Jr when she was 25 and Alexander Cary when she was 38. He is the some-greats-grandson of Amelia FitzClarence, of William IV's illegitimate FitzClarences, an ex-Scots guard and a successful television writer.
She's only had four husbands. Magda Gabor had six, including one of Zsa Zsa's, George Sanders, who you may remember as the heel in Rebecca, which I finally saw yesterday. He said: 'I never really thought I'd make the grade. And let's face it, I haven't.' On the other hand, he was the voice of Shere Khan and the inspiration for Hercules Grytpype-Thynne.
Via Marbury over there on the right, I read the fantastic obit of John Fairfax:
At 20, he attempted suicide-by-jaguar. Afterward he was apprenticed to a pirate. To please his mother, who did not take kindly to his being a pirate, he briefly managed a mink farm, one of the few truly dull entries on his otherwise crackling résumé*, which lately included a career as a professional gambler.
And in other news: 'A teenaged Texas beauty queen accused by contest sponsors of infractions including gaining too much weight by eating tacos was stripped of her crown on Wednesday.'
* In my opinion, the writer of this obituary has never managed a mink farm.
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Have you seen "All About Eve"? You should see "All About Eve".
I have ordered "All About Eve".
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