tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post3771792656029171023..comments2024-02-11T03:50:53.613-05:00Comments on Counterlight's Peculiars: Lena Horne 1917 - 2010Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-33389603909128343412010-05-11T01:42:51.029-04:002010-05-11T01:42:51.029-04:00I should add, this was in the era when she was clo...I should add, this was in the era when she was closing her show w/ (Kermit the Frog's) "It's Not Easy Being Green."<br /><br />Brought the Effing House (tent) Down!!!JCFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-1376926435729148372010-05-11T01:39:13.070-04:002010-05-11T01:39:13.070-04:00I'm please as punch to say, "I saw---and ...I'm please as punch to say, "I saw---and HEARD---her live!" :-D<br /><br />(At Sacramento's "Music Circus", summertime theater/performance-in-the-round, c. 1979. Saw her w/ my mom. Miss 'em both.)<br /><br />RIP/RIG, you gorgeous woman, you!JCFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-17815374611857783232010-05-10T22:43:34.233-04:002010-05-10T22:43:34.233-04:00She was a strong woman when it wasn't fashiona...She was a strong woman when it wasn't fashionable, and a great singer and entertainer. I loved her voice and who she was - she truly will be missed by so many of us.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01203286781888444548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-92200529357771989042010-05-10T20:11:08.353-04:002010-05-10T20:11:08.353-04:00I was so surprised to hear how old she was at her ...I was so surprised to hear how old she was at her death, 92. I always thought of her as young and beautiful or mature and fascinating, but never old.<br /><br />Thank God for 150 years of recording technology.Counterlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345956180434795401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-91699381116551855212010-05-10T14:43:59.256-04:002010-05-10T14:43:59.256-04:00One of my late mother's great idols!One of my late mother's great idols!Göran Koch-Swahnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00925549945659350649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-13724401932593597412010-05-10T12:51:19.920-04:002010-05-10T12:51:19.920-04:00A gentleman on one of my mailing lists wrote: &quo...A gentleman on one of my mailing lists wrote: "The choir of angels just got a little better tonight." <br /><br />She was a great lady, and a remarkable woman.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com