Kitty Carlisle Hart

Here I am again, reluctantly counting my losses. Beloved, hated or just plain “Who cares?”, more celebrated people died in 2007 than any year in my memory. I always forget somebody, but here is the nucleus of the ones who will light up the headlines no more.

I suffered a particularly rough blow when my dear friend June Allyson dimmed the lights of the MGM musical era to a final fadeout.  read more »

Kitty Carlisle Hart died last week. She admitted to 96. But she was as young as the spring air.  read more »

A little over a decade ago, Kitty Carlisle Hart was scheduled to spend the day with the writer Marie Brenner for a profile in The New Yorker.

But there was a terrible storm, on a day when the two were meant to recreate the busy daily schedule of the legendary stage and screen actress and singer.

Ms. Hart was then 85 years old.  read more »