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Terrible twilight of Doris Day
The Daily Mail Online ^ | 10-26-13 | Tom Leonard

Posted on 10/26/2013 12:29:49 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic

Stand outside the huge gates to Doris Day’s fortress-like home in California’s beautiful Carmel Valley and you can sometimes hear the sound of the canine companions who share the Hollywood star’s life.

It’s been some years since Day, now 91 and so reclusive many may be surprised to learn she is still alive, used to steal through the streets of the nearby town of Carmel in the middle of the night on a regular basis.

Locals would watch in surprise as she rounded up stray dogs and emaciated cats, bundling them in her car to take home and look after them.

At one time she had close on 50 dogs rampaging through her house, some of them piling on to her kingsize bed to sleep at night. People would leave abandoned pets at the gates and Doris, one of the biggest stars in Hollywood history, never turned them away.

She once refused to tell a interviewer exactly how many animals lived with her — people would think her ‘wacko’, she said.

The pert, fresh-faced and fun-loving blonde won Oscars romancing Rock Hudson in Pillow Talk and for her belting rendition of the song Que Sera Sera alongside James Stewart in The Man Who Knew Too Much.

But after four tumultuous and — in some cases, violent — marriages, she long ago gave up the company of men.

She much prefers her beloved dogs, though friends say she has always lived in fear that one of them might inadvertently knock her over or even bite her, causing serious injury.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Music/Entertainment; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: aging; christiansciance; dogs; dorisday; elderly; hollywood; movies
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To: madison10
I did not know she was still alive, she did not age well. (at least not like Sophia Loren)

Really, I'd say she's doing just fine. She looked better in 2008 at 86 than Loren does today at 79.

41 posted on 10/26/2013 1:39:30 PM PDT by tx_eggman (Liberalism is only possible in that moment when a man chooses Barabas over Christ.)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

She stood by Rock Hudson as his life wasted away from AIDS. Rock’s proclivities notwithstanding, Doris Day was a loyal friend to him.

Between that and her dedication to rescuing animals, sounds like she’s a good egg. God bless her.


42 posted on 10/26/2013 1:41:26 PM PDT by ScottinVA (Obama is so far in over his head, even his ears are beneath the water level.)
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To: Gay State Conservative
Good God...another worthless showbiz denizen.Is it true that *every* star of showbiz (film,TV.music) over the last 50+ years has been an absolute filthbag?

What in this article makes you view Doris Day as worthless and an "absolute filthbag"? She sounds commendably compassionate and generous. Your standards must be pretty high.

43 posted on 10/26/2013 1:45:33 PM PDT by ottbmare (the OTTB mare, now a proud Marine Mom)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

I wanted to grow up to be Doris Day. I first encountered her on the radio when she sang with the Bob Crosby orchestra (Bing’s brother)on Saturday nights. She debuted in the movies later, and we found out that she was as pretty as she sounded. And always played wholesome roles.


44 posted on 10/26/2013 1:45:45 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: tx_eggman

She looks like Candace Bergen in this photo, and I dare say that Candace is younger.


45 posted on 10/26/2013 1:48:35 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: ansel12; afraidfortherepublic
The article sure doesn't support the title, so she retired, whats the big deal,she still answers fan letters and has friends and a life and a hobby.

I concur with your statement backed by the facts. Of course the worthies of the system within the United Kingdom, could well visit the quandaries of the aged. I must state that as a very young person, I do owe my life and health to that country and medical profession.

I was told stories by my older relatives of old people being carried crying to the "horspital" in the 1930's. They feared what might happen. We now know euthanasia was practiced by "withdrawal of fluids". I do not know it's frequency to be fair. Today there are ominous stories of "The Liverpool Way".

I would say the system is strained to the limit, who knows what then goes on? In closing I would like to say this lovely lady, who brought laughs to millions is presumably loved and cared for. I think of some lonely woman in my own native country and her possible ending as compared with Doris Day.

Please excuse my ramble on this subject.

46 posted on 10/26/2013 1:54:18 PM PDT by Peter Libra
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To: dainbramaged

Egad, that was Dinah Shore!


47 posted on 10/26/2013 1:59:58 PM PDT by miss marmelstein (I)
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To: IronJack

When the day comes for people to go into that house...

~ shudder ~


48 posted on 10/26/2013 2:00:23 PM PDT by Ezekiel (The Obama-nation began with the Inauguration of Desolation.)
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To: Liz

Debbie Reynolds got rooked out of her money by at least 2 husbands.

Terry Melcher was also an intimate of Charles Manson as I remember. The murders occurred because Charlie thought Sharon’s home was Melcher’s. And therein hangs a tale...


49 posted on 10/26/2013 2:04:11 PM PDT by miss marmelstein (I)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Terry Melcher - the son of Doris Day - lived with Candace Bergan for many years. More fool she!


50 posted on 10/26/2013 2:05:09 PM PDT by miss marmelstein (I)
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To: dainbramaged

You’re thinking of Dinah Shore.


51 posted on 10/26/2013 2:21:46 PM PDT by kabumpo (Kabumpo)
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To: GrootheWanderer

Her son, Terry, was not the son of her third husband, he was the son of her second husband, a jazz musician.


52 posted on 10/26/2013 2:23:34 PM PDT by kabumpo (Kabumpo)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

A onetime Big Band singer, best known in that endeavor for “Sentimental Journey”. Born Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff in Cincinnati, Ohio. (My mother used to have a dance lesson right after her and would pass her on the stairs.)


53 posted on 10/26/2013 2:28:05 PM PDT by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: ottbmare

Thank you for that.

There is some evidence Doris Day was a conservative. She used to listen to the conservative talk station KSFO in the Bay Area, according to one of the hosts.

Before bashing all Hollywood types we should consider that they may be a political ally.


54 posted on 10/26/2013 2:28:31 PM PDT by BigBobber
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To: ScottinVA
Loved their movie "Pillow Talk".


55 posted on 10/26/2013 2:29:55 PM PDT by Jane Long (While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs assist!)
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To: Jeff Chandler

Many, yes. Not every one.


56 posted on 10/26/2013 2:30:10 PM PDT by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: newfreep

Her mother and my grandmother were best friends in Cincinnati.


57 posted on 10/26/2013 2:30:53 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion......the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: ansel12
The article sure doesn’t support the title

Hey, it's the internet. They got clicks and that's all they care about.

58 posted on 10/26/2013 2:31:44 PM PDT by Bubba Ho-Tep ("More weight!"--Giles Corey)
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To: afraidfortherepublic
doris day photo: Doris Day doris2.jpg

Just relentless back in the 40's and 50's...

59 posted on 10/26/2013 2:33:20 PM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: IronJack

She owned the Cypress Inn in Carmel that used to welcome dogs to stay and the maids would bring special food, bowls, toys. etc.....plus it had a decanter of Sherry in the rooms. It was a lovely hotel.


60 posted on 10/26/2013 2:39:04 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion......the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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