Eddie Fisher died today. 82 years old. No one my age will fail to remember the scandal when he dumped Debbie Reynolds for Elizabeth Taylor. I took my movie stars seriously buying Photoplay each month and going to the McCutchen Theatre 3 times a week. Elizabeth Taylor's 3rd husband Mike Todd, was killed in a plane crash and Eddie Fisher helped the grieving widow.
Later when Jackie Kennedy was going to marry Ari Onaissis, she referred to this as saying the only person she couldn't marry was Eddie Fisher or people would turn against her. He was a slime ball but he could sing. He had something --Debbie Reynolds, Liz, and then Connie Stevens. None of them was bad to look at!
Movies are nothing to people these days but we lived thru them. I can still recite Eliz. Taylor's weddings: Nicky Hilton, Michael Wilding, Mike Todd, Eddie Fisher, Richard Burton (twice), Sen. John Warner, Larry Fortenski--a guy she met in Rehab. Why is my mind such a sieve for these things.
Working with Liz on book today. Going to dinner with Joan tonight. Good night, Eddie Fisher, O My Papa!
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