The Writer's Life 12/29 - A Full Life

RIP showbiz legend Rose Marie, 94, whose career spanned almost 90 years. Baby-boomers know her as Sally Rogers, one of the comedy writers for Alan Brady within The Dick Van Dyke Show, which shot 158 episodes in its six-year run. She did so much more. Born in NYC in 1923 to an Italian dad and Polish mom, she began performing at three as Baby Rose Marie and had her own radio show by five. She did movie shorts, went on to sing in night clubs in her teens, and did vaudeville and Broadway. Before Van Dyke, she did 24 episodes of My Sister Eileen. After it, she did 50 of The Doris Day Show. She was a frequent presence on Hollywood Squares, and guest star on many series. She toured eight years in the revue 4 Girls 4 with Rosemary Clooney, Helen O'Connell and Margaret Whiting. She has joined them on the other side. Her final gig was doing what is listed at IMDb as "additional voices" on five episodes of the animated The Garfield Show, which ran from 2008-'13. Awesome, madam. Thank you. Here's a clip of her at six:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Q_Nxs_n7Zk 

And here are two pictures:

For years there have been warnings about exposure to the sun. Many women have taken to carrying an umbrella to stay in the shade. The sale of sun screen is lucrative. Alas, there has been an unintended consequence of all this caution. According to a blurb in yesterday's NY Post, a study reveals that one billion people worldwide have insufficient levels of vitamin D, which the body produces when skin is exposed to sunlight. I suppose the sale of vitamin D will now take off. I've been taking it for years, even though I don't use sun screen. I don't even remember why, most likely for BP or cholesterol maintenance. In my 67th year, my numbers are borderline without meds. I take only one prescription drug, for BP. I also use prescription eye-drops, which have dramatically reduced the pressure that leads to glaucoma. The last time I saw the doctor, he recommended a non-prescription pill that lowers cholesterol. I finally got around to looking it up at Wed-MD, and here's what it said: "Policosanol is POSSIBLY SAFE for most people when taken by mouth in doses of 5-80 mg daily for up to 3 years. It can cause skin redness and rash, migraines, insomnia or drowsiness, irritability, dizziness, upset stomach, increased appetite, trouble urinating, weight loss, nose and gum bleeds, and other side effects." No thanks.

The floating book shop was again sidelined by frigid conditions. I miss it.

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