Thursday, October 16, 2008

Edie Adams, R. I. P.

I hope she's with a big spender.

Tony Award Winner Edie Adams Dies at 81: Theater News on TheaterMania.com: "Tony Award winner Edie Adams died in Los Angeles on October 15 from pneumonia, according to The New York Times. She was 81.

Adams appeared only twice on Broadway, originating the role of Eileen Sherwood in the musical Wonderful Town, for which she won a Theatre World Award, and playing Daisy Mae in the musical Li'l Abner, for which she won the Tony."

2 comments:

pattinase (abbott) said...

She was once something special. Sad. And sad too they way they disappear for years before they leave. Why doesn't the person amount to more than the persona?

Brent McKee said...

I hope she's with her big spender, Ernie Kovacs. You gotta love a lady who'll wear an ape suit for her husband.