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Throwback Thursday: OMG, It’s Anya Phillips

November 12, 2020 by WendyB

In November 2010, I tumbled down many Internet rabbit holes while writing a post about 1970s New York style icon/fashion designer/Mudd Club co-founder/Debbie Harry friend Anya Phillips. It was so difficult to find any information about her. READ MY ANYA PHILLIPS POST. So tonight I almost lost my mind when I saw the New York…

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Filed Under: In the News, news, newspapers, obits Tagged With: anya phillips, blondie, debbie harry, mudd clubb, no wave, punk

RIP, Chiara D’Agostino

October 25, 2020 by WendyB

A year ago today, I brought a cake to the hospital so my friend Chiara D’Agostino could celebrate her 48th birthday during her chemo appointment. Chiara died this August 4 of a complication of stage 4 triple negative metastatic breast cancer — leptomeningeal disease, in which the cancer invades the fluid around the brain and…

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Filed Under: earrings, health, Jewelry, models, obits, pictures of me, single earrings Tagged With: breast cancer, chiara d'agostino, triple negative metastatic breast cancer

RIP, Larry Kramer

May 27, 2020 by WendyB

Larry Kramer, a writer and one of the earliest AIDS activists, died today at age 84. You can read his full resume in the many obituaries that have been and will be published but, in short, Kramer was a co-founder of two AIDS activism groups — Gay Men’s Health Crisis, in 1982, which provided support…

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Filed Under: activism, In the News, obits, politics Tagged With: aids epidemic, anthony fauci, coronavirus, COVID-19, larry kramer

RIP, Kobe Bryant

January 26, 2020 by WendyB

After the death of my friend Elizabeth Wurtzel earlier this month, I spent a lot of time thinking about how complicated people leave complex legacies. I returned to that line of thought today, as the country reacted in shock to the death of basketball legend Kobe Bryant, 41, in a helicopter crash that killed a…

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Filed Under: In the News, news, obits, sports Tagged With: elizabeth wurtzel, kobe bryant

RIP, Elizabeth Wurtzel

January 8, 2020 by WendyB

Writer Elizabeth Wurtzel died yesterday at age 52 of leptomeningeal disease — a complication of metastatic breast cancer that had spread to the fluid around the brain and spinal cord. I met Elizabeth on Wednesday, May 27, 2009. I know the exact date because we were at a black-tie dinner at the Metropolitan Museum of…

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Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, authors, books, In the News, obits Tagged With: bitch, depression, elizabeth wurtzel, lizzie wurtzel, more now again, prozac, prozac nation

Year in Review: Remembrances

December 31, 2019 by WendyB

I’ve had a hanging shoe rack inside my closet door for a long time. Since last month, the bottom few racks keep collapsing for no clear reason — they’ve done it even when there are no shoes on them. Towards the end of November, the bottom four racks fell down with a big bang, sending…

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Filed Under: Fashion, obits, shoes, year in review

RIP, Elijah Cummings

October 17, 2019 by WendyB

Civil-rights icon and Democratic Congressman Elijah Cummings of Baltimore died this morning at age 68. He was an elegant and eloquent speaker — a shining example of leadership. Watch his first speech from the floor of the House of Representatives in 1996. Rep. Elijah Cummings first speech on the floor of the House of Representatives…

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Filed Under: In the News, news, obits, politics Tagged With: elijah cummings

20 Years Later: JFK Jr., Carolyn, and Lauren

July 16, 2019 by WendyB

It’s been 20 years since the Friday-evening small-plane crash that killed John F. Kennedy Jr.; his wife, Carolyn Bessette Kennedy; and one of Carolyn’s older twin sisters, Lauren Bessette. I was the managing editor of People magazine’s website, three months into the job after spending the previous 10 years in business news. This era seems so…

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Filed Under: In the News, obits Tagged With: carolyn bessette, john f. kennedy jr., lauren bessette

RIP, Gloria Vanderbilt

June 17, 2019 by WendyB

I wish I could find a shareable version of Richard Avedon’s starkly chic portrait of Gloria Vanderbilt wearing Mainbocher for Harper’s Bazaar. Fortunately, Gloria herself posted it on Instagram. CLICK HERE. Vanderbilt died Monday aged 95 from stomach cancer. She was born into fame thanks to her father, a wealthy and dissolute great-grandson of 19th-century…

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Filed Under: Fashion, In the News, news, obits Tagged With: anderson cooper, carter cooper, gertrude whitney, gloria vanderbilt

RIP, Tim Conway and Doris Day

May 14, 2019 by WendyB

Occasionally, when I feel down, I watch two Tim Conway clips from the great Carol Burnett show. I’m sure you’ve seen both absolutely everywhere today after the announcement of Conway’s death at the age of 85. I managed to work the “Elephant” clip into a fashion post about the SAG Awards in 2016. The “Dentist”…

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Filed Under: In the News, obits Tagged With: carol burnett, doris day, harvey korman, tim conway, vicki lawrence

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