It's Always Something (33 page)

The company of
Gilda Live
including Paul Shaffer, Don Novello, and G. E. Smith.

Gene and I in
Hanky Panky
. Enemy agents are after us as we plan our escape through the desert. All I care about is whether Gene likes me.

On September 18, 1984, Gene and I were married in the south of France. (Photo by Ralph Gatti)

Sparkle.

Our first Christmas card at home in our Los Angeles four-poster bed.

Magnificent Grace (in Connecticut) holding you-know-who.

After two chemotherapies, I compare heads with my best friend Judy’s three-month-old son, Alexander.

The Wellness Community, 1235 Fifth Street, Santa Monica, California 90401, 1-800-PRO-HOPE

Joanna Bull (executive director), Harold Benjamin (founder), and Flo Porter (community coordinator) of The Wellness Community.

A potluck dinner at The Wellness Community. I’m sharing ovarian cancer experiences with my friend Ethel. That guy on the left is my husband.

My friend Helen Janka’s vision of Gilda, the turbaned tennis player.

A pudgy Easter chick and her loving husband in May of 1987.

Friends for over thirty years—that’s Pam on the left, Judy in the middle—relaxing in Connecticut.