"I’m sure you’re both convinced my self-destructive streak has won out again…
But I do plan on coming back to [secretarial] school…
I’m awfully sorry to be such a disappointment to you… Please believe that you can’t possibly want for me to be a winner more than I do."
Janis, 1966 letter to her parents, after joining Big Brother and the Holding Company
Four years later, October 4, 1970, the Queen of the Blues was found on the floor of her Los Angeles hotel room, dead from a heroin overdose.
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But I do plan on coming back to [secretarial] school…
I’m awfully sorry to be such a disappointment to you… Please believe that you can’t possibly want for me to be a winner more than I do."
Janis, 1966 letter to her parents, after joining Big Brother and the Holding Company
Four years later, October 4, 1970, the Queen of the Blues was found on the floor of her Los Angeles hotel room, dead from a heroin overdose.
read more...
- 10/4/2009
- by DavidComfort
- www.culturecatch.com
In addition to everything else, he wrote beautiful eulogies. With his flair for words and wit and warmth he constructed eloquent touching tributes. I used to kid him that he had to live forever because no one else could write them as well. And now I find myself in the agonizing position of trying to write his. First off, let me say, it won't be as good. So rather than tell you what you probably already know -- that he was the Mozart of comedy writing and recipient of every honor but the Heisman Trophy -- I'll try to share some things you might not know; some personal stories. In many ways the hardest part of writing scripts is turning them in. Because then you have to wait. And wait. And wait. It's a stomach churning exercise filled with angst and insecurity...
- 9/15/2009
- by Ken Levine
- Huffington Post
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