Posted on 12/17/2017 7:03:46 PM PST by Twotone
Actually I just read he collapsed onstage a few days ago, so he might not be around for much longer.
He died years ago, cancer. RIP
Rea has had peritonitis and stomach complications since 1994, as well as several operations. In 2000 was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and somewhere in between 20002001 Rea underwent a Whipple procedure, by which he lost the head of the pancreas and part of duodenum, bile duct, and gall bladder. Since having his pancreas removed, Rea has had problems with diabetes and a generally weaker immune system and has to take thirty-four pills and seven injections a day. He has since undergone several serious operations. Nevertheless, he found even greater appreciation for life, his family, and the things he loves.
As per Wiki, “[the Berlins] had four children during their 63 years of marriage: Irving, who died in infancy on Christmas Day 1928; Mary Ellin Barrett and Elizabeth Irving Peters of New York, and Linda Louise Emmet, who lives in Paris.”
They would be late 80s and older. She could be a grand daughter (The Berlins marriage resulted in two other children (Linda and Elizabeth), nine grandchildren, and fourteen great-grandchildren. As per a 2015 New Yorker article).
Thanks
I checked all the grandchildren and she wasn’t there. Odd.
Linda Purl is not Irving Berlin’s daughter. Mark was referring to an earlier column (last week, I believe), in which he interviewed Berlin’s daughter.
Oh. Thanks. That wasnt clear at all.
I reread the first two sentences and it makes sense now. Thanks.
No, the previous ‘show’ was with the daughter of Irving Berlin. It’s also posted on FR. Just do a search on key word ‘Mark Steyn’. It’s a great interview.
Thanks. I’ll check it out. I really enjoyed this article and listening to Ms Purl. What a great singer.
She did a nice job on the song, but Crosby’s rendition is da bomb:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dL71eMc1blw
By the way, my mother (1912-2007) did not like hearing that song. We did not have anyone in our immediate family in the war, but it just made her sad whenever she heard the tune during WWII. She did lose a cousin, a B-17 waist-gunner, in fighting over Germany, but they were not close.
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