June 13, 2016
Again, it's an appropriately gloomy day again today. June Gloomy..
Darn
the internet and darn Facebook and thanks to this instant communication
so that we can laugh or grieve more quickly, I guess.
Janet
Waldo was an extraordinary person. She died yesterday at the age of
96. Updates from her loving daughter, Lucy Lee, lately reported that
her mom was fading. At the age of 96, we are entitled to fade and to
die. And, hopefully, at least to me.. we die before we become
troublesome or burdensome. In a recent radio program on KPCC I listened
to children speak about the death of a parent:
The Sharing Place
www.thesharingplace.org/services/grief-support-groups
Counseling
at The Sharing Place brings the subject of death out of the closet,
exposing it to the light. It approaches the issue in what might seem
brutal terms to some. To me, honesty, even when brutal, may be the way
to truth. The truth is that my friend, Janet, was a pioneer in radio,
she created characters with her lilting voice that delight literally
millions and millions of fans, even to this day. In the hey day of
radio, she voiced Corliss Archer on Meet Corliss Archer and later became
a favorite of Hanna - Barbara landing the role of Judy Jetson, the
delightful teen, she voiced for many years. She did a hundred different
characters.
Janet was so much more of a person than her many credits. She was a real person: always concerned about others and in any conversation it seldom turned on what was going on with her. Janet had a genuine
love of people. She always treated friends and fans with great respect
and care. She was my friend and I hold memories of working with her in a
very special place in my heart.
June 13, 2016
michaelsheehan
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