DEATHIVERSARY: DEBBIE REYNOLDS (Dec. 28, 2016)

𝙰𝚌𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝙳𝚎𝚋𝚋𝚒𝚎 𝚁𝚎𝚢𝚗𝚘𝚕𝚍𝚜 𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚔𝚎 𝚘𝚗 𝙳𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝟸𝟾, 𝟸𝟶𝟷𝟼, 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚍𝚊𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚎 𝙵𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚛'𝚜 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑. 𝚁𝚎𝚢𝚗𝚘𝚕𝚍𝚜 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚍𝚊𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚎𝚛: "𝙿𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚑𝚎𝚛 "𝙳𝚎𝚋𝚋𝚒𝚎 𝚁𝚎𝚢𝚗𝚘𝚕𝚍'𝚜 𝚍𝚊𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚎𝚛," 𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚖𝚎 "𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝙻𝚎𝚒𝚊'𝚜 𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛!" 𝚁𝚎𝚢𝚗𝚘𝚕𝚍𝚜 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝟹𝟷 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚗 𝙰𝚌𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚖𝚢 𝙰𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛 "𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚄𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝙼𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝙱𝚛𝚘𝚠𝚗." 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚟𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚑𝚞𝚜𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚍, 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝙴𝚍𝚍𝚒𝚎 𝙵𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝙴𝚕𝚒𝚣𝚊𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚑 𝚃𝚊𝚢𝚕𝚘𝚛. 𝚁𝚎𝚢𝚗𝚘𝚕𝚍𝚜' 𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚞𝚜𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚐𝚊𝚖𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢 '𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛' 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚞𝚗𝚎𝚜. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝙷𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚢𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚊 𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚒𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚅𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚘 𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚕 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝟷𝟿𝟿𝟽. 𝙽𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚢 𝚁𝚎𝚢𝚗𝚘𝚕𝚍𝚜 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚐𝚘𝚊𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝙷𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚢𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚞𝚖. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙰𝚌𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚖𝚢 𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 — 𝚏𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚜. 𝙷𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚗𝚞𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝟹𝟶𝟶𝟶 𝚌𝚘𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝟺𝟼,𝟶𝟶𝟶 𝚜𝚚𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚎-𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚑 𝚘𝚏 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚙𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚎𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚙𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝. 𝙸𝚗 𝚍𝚎𝚋𝚝, 𝚁𝚎𝚢𝚗𝚘𝚕𝚍𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚞𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚕𝚢𝚗 𝙼𝚘𝚗𝚛𝚘𝚎'𝚜 𝚒𝚟𝚘𝚛𝚢-𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚠 𝚞𝚙𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚒𝚗 "𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚂𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚈𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝙸𝚝𝚌𝚑" 𝚏𝚘𝚛 $𝟺.𝟼 𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙰𝚞𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚢 𝙷𝚎𝚙𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚗'𝚜 𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚁𝚘𝚢𝚊𝚕 𝙰𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚝 𝚗𝚞𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 "𝙼𝚢 𝙵𝚊𝚒𝚛 𝙻𝚊𝚍𝚢" 𝚏𝚘𝚛 $𝟹.𝟽 𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚘𝚗. 𝙵𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚁𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚕𝚍'𝚜 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙰𝚌𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚖𝚢 𝙼𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚞𝚖 𝚘𝚏 𝙼𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝙿𝚒𝚌𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚜, 𝚜𝚎𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚗 𝙰𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚕 𝟹𝟶--𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚏 $𝟺𝟾𝟸 𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚘𝚗--𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚞𝚖'𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚍𝚒𝚘 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚁𝚎𝚢𝚗𝚘𝚕𝚍𝚜.

Dorothy Dandridge on the Cover of a Magazine (More)

I always find it so hard to say goodbye when I finish an issue of Dead in Hollywood. I can’t think of a better time to put the finishing touches on Dorothy Dandridge’s story then on the eve of the Academy Awards. I plan on doing a slideshow on Dandridge’s life in the near future. Stay tuned and turned on.

Dandridge Does Oscar

Dorothy Dandridge on the Cover of a Magazine

As Dandridge's career rises, she appears on numerous magazine covers. As popular as she was becoming, overtly racist comments and actions follow her the rest of her career. She tells People Today in 1953 that, “To be a siren of song, one needs more than talent, looks, and voice. One needs understanding of people. At first, I was afraid they wouldn’t like me. Then I realized the first step in that direction was to like them and to assume they would like me.” The magazine refers to her as a “bronze bombshell” and featured her on the back cover. Soon she'll be making history as the first African-American woman to grace the cover of Life Magazine.