Yesterday was Judy Garland's 89th birthday. Along with my friends Andrea, Armand, and John, we took a drive from NY to Ferncliff to visit her grave site. Andrea, John and I had done this 14 years ago on Judy's 75th birthday. Andrea has visited her site almost every year since then. There were a few bouquets of flowers there, but for a while we were the only ones there. We later found another Judy fan named Carol, who is a regular visitor there. Carol knows Ferncliff quite well and directed us to the sections where Ed Sullivan, Sigmund Romberg, Joan Crawford, Max Gordon (who produced My Sister Eileen), and Jerome Kern are laid to rest. Harold Arlen is also buried there, but outside of the mausoleum. It was a beautiful day and I took great joy in paying homage to one of America's greatest stars.
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