RIP Barbara Cook

[Kenny]

Barbara Cook died today in Manhattan, age 89.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/08/theater/barbara-cook-dead.html

[TruthBTold]

I had no idea she was that old. She was a true star.

[Doe Be Doe]

I'm fortunate that I saw her in concert several times over the past few years. She was amazing.

[+ WilliamM]

I'm fortunate that I saw her in concert several times over the past few years. She was amazing.

 

Yes, I saw here many times in concert also. However, I regret reading Cook's autobiography, "Then & Now." Too much information about Wally Harper's final illness.

 

I was not surprised that Cook was a different person in private, but the extent of the difference was shocking.

[MrMiniver]

Yes, I saw here many times in concert also. However, I regret reading Cook's autobiography, "Then & Now." Too much information about Wally Harper's final illness.

 

I was not surprised that Cook was a different person in private, but the extent of the difference was shocking.

 

I'm not sure what you mean by that. I knew her a bit for over 40 years and she was an absolutely delightful person. In private. Saw her often at dinners and we'd gossip backstage at the MET. I found her charming and wonderful. Very down to earth and real.

[Kenny]

I'm not sure what you mean by that. I knew her a bit for over 40 years and she was an absolutely delightful person. In private. Saw her often at dinners and we'd gossip backstage at the MET. I found her charming and wonderful. Very down to earth and real.

She was also a mean drunk, self-described.

[+ WilliamM]

I'm not sure what you mean by that. I knew her a bit for over 40 years and she was an absolutely delightful person. In private. Saw her often at dinners and we'd gossip backstage at the MET. I found her charming and wonderful. Very down to earth and real.

 

Not unusual given that you claim some vague connection to the 'MET'. Also, I saw Ms. Cook a few times at the opera myself.

[N13]

I'm not sure what you mean by that. I knew her a bit for over 40 years and she was an absolutely delightful person. In private. Saw her often at dinners and we'd gossip backstage at the MET. I found her charming and wonderful. Very down to earth and real.

 

I think you just like to be arbitrary for the sake of being arbitrary. As the bufoon potus says, "sad." In reality, she was anything but "an absolutely delightful person." Ask anyone who actually knew her or had dealings with her.

[youngboldone]

Never met her and never had the pleasure of seeing her live. But I'm tremendously saddened by this as I always am when someone with her talent and legendary status passes. May she rest in peace.