Requiescat in pace -- Ann Blyth

Ann Blyth left us last night at 98 years of age. Her millions of fans join her family and friends in sorrow for her loss, but we can continue to celebrate her memory as a profoundly talented actress and singer, and a wonderful human being.

I have written so much about her career, I will not repeat it here, but here is a link to a People online obituary that summarizes her achievements.

She was two months' shy of her 99th birthday.  We classic film fans will inevitably mourn the passing of our idols and favorites as if they were family.  But for one who has lived such a long, healthy, productive, and apparently happy life, my thought is that she is with her dearly beloved husband, and perhaps also her mother, whom she lost when she was a teenager.  Ann Blyth McNulty surely deserves that eternal perfect peace her faith promised her.  

Semiquincentennial

I offer this re-post about observations on both the film 1776 and the 250th on July 4th, which at the time of this post was still eight years away.  

I reread with it chagrin and sadness, but still with a stubborn hope that revolutions come in many forms and the Republic is still alive with some hope that the courage that gave birth to it may yet save it.

The nostalgia in the piece remains a warm glow.