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My Thoughts

Why must we die? This must be a question many of us ask ourselves. Some say the world would be too overly populated to support the entire population but sometimes I think -- wouldn’t it be better if we could keep the good ones we already have and slow down creating new ones, especially those today filled with such hate and desire to destroy anything they do not understand and resent. It seems to me that some people worked so hard to develop his/her talents only to be snuffed out in their prime - Natalie - Grace - David - Steve - so many others and not only in the film industry; like our Astronauts, our dedicated soldiers, etc.

As we grow older it feels like a month becomes a week, a year a month; we see our lives and years whizzing by. The numbers of departed friends increase and we realize that each day we are one step closer to our own demise. Even when people have had a beautiful out-of-the-body or near-death experiences, very few are ever ready to leave physical life just yet - they just fear death less.

If only for brief moments, we can have an opportunity to meet that special person - someone we honor or admire. In my Texas youth living in small towns, I could never imagine ever meeting, dating or working with film stars and celebrities, many known to me all through childhood via films. When I take time to recall my many years in the motion picture and television industry, I seem to have had my share of these exhilarating encounters.

During my years as a struggling actress, I could never realize how quickly our heroes and icons pass away or die early deaths, then all too soon to be almost or totally forgotten. Even I had to struggle to remember some of the names mentioned here within. My hope is that this book may bring back pleasant moments of times past of many wonderful movies and a favorite stars, along with a little personal memories of mine that one can share and possibly feel a bit closer or that you also knew the personalities in each of these letter.

We think of all the things that we wish we could have said to them. Or, after a death of a loved one, we think of all the things we never said. These are the letters reminiscing over experiences with each, the thoughts and things I might have said or say to them now in the life beyond death. By no means do I wish to imply that all were “bosom buddies” – many were one-time meetings only, others were close relationships. It is my hope while reading these letters and the films listed that readers will recall their own memories, maybe inspired to do their own Internet research on their favorite actor, perhaps rent old movies to see what great actors, scripts and productions were available in a “sweeter time” in the film industry – a time when there was so much less violence in films without computerized explosions, bodies being blown apart, horrible fighting, all of which I find very difficult to enjoy, thus I prefer to watch the older happy times. This is my last tribute to many of those wonderful souls that passed through my life that I honor in this way ---Letters to the Dead: Things I Wish I’d Said.