Farewell Cloris & Cicely
It’s been a sad week for the Billy Masters Empire. I owe some of my early success to Cloris Leachman. In conspiratorial details that will be revealed in my forthcoming memoirs, Cloris asked me to slip a story into my column. I wrote it with my usual aplomb, it got picked up everywhere, and led to my first credits in the mainstream press. I believe it also led to my being included in Hot Topics on The View. Cloris was delighted with the results. She was a great gal – smart, talented, lovely, and bawdy. She could do anything – and did…for 94 years.
I’d also like to acknowledge the passing of the 96-year-old Miss Cicely Tyson – whom I only met once, but who made an indelible impression on me. She was a little bit of a thing, but she was clearly not one to trifle with.
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