Would you look at this! 120 posts and all of them are adoring!
Now ya jinxed it.
One thing seems certain to me - 73 is way too young.
That's not hard to do for an actress of Anne Bancroft's calibre.
She was a damn good actress, and that's what counts. She had such a friendly, open face. I loved her Mary Magdalene in "Jesus of Nazareth", loved her in "The Miracle Worker", loved her in "84 Charing Cross Road".
I feel sorry for Mel Brooks, poor man.