Sunday, January 20, 2008

no time like the present

The news of Suzanne Pleshette's death wouldn't have caught me off guard today if I had read about her poor health last fall. Instead I was watching her in "The Birds." By coincidence, I just saw her interviewed in the profile of Bob Newhart on "American Masters" that I had recorded last month on PBS and finally watched on Friday night.

The obituaries described her as "husky-voiced' or "smoky-voiced." Listening to her speak, it wasn't much of a surprise that she succumbed to respiratory failure. The longtime smoker had been fighting lung cancer. There's a nice appreciation of Suzanne's work on USA Today's website.

As usual, I hope that when people hear the sad news they will decide to quit smoking.

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2 Comments:

Anonymous Jennifer Bohlken said...

I agree. Most people don't realize that the first symptom of lung cancer is typically only felt after the cancer has spread. By then, it is very difficult to treat.

1/21/2008  
Blogger Barry said...

Strangely, having never watched The Bob Newhart Show (I never got Newhart's brand of humor), I knew Pleshette more from Lion King II. She was the voice of Zira, the evil lioness. Comes from having kids in the house, I guess.

1/21/2008  

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