Together, Here....But They Died, Six Days Apart!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                    Are all the Broadway legends going, at once?  On January 15, we lost Carol Channing, and what a blow that was for Theater Queens.  Just six days later, Kaye Ballard, whom we all loved on "The Mothers-In-Law," with Eve Arden, and who introduced and immortalized "Lazy Afternoon in the 1954 John La Touche musical, "The Golden Apple," and played Rosalie in the 1960 Bob Merrill musical, "Carnival," left us?  Where is everyone going????????????

                                     Even when she was doing commercials for Spatini spaghetti sauce, Kaye was a pro, who always entertained.  In the 80's, she did an Off-Broadway show called, "Hey, Ma....It's Kaye Ballard."  I saw the show, and was introduced to Kaye afterwards; she was entertaining, gracious, and simply enchanting.  I treasure our encounter.

                                      Kaye seemed the eternal performer. When I heard she had died, at 93, I could not believe she was that old.  Twenty one years ago, in 1998, she galvanized "Broadway Baby," when the Paper Mill Playouse did Sonheim's "Follies."  If you don't believe me, dolls, just listen to the cast recording.

                                        We loved you, Kaye!  Rest In Peace!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                        Abbondanza!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!