Judy getting moved? (Yeah, THAT Judy)

[Yawper]

Posted: 5/14/05 at 11:18pm

An e-mail received from a usually very reliable Judy source -

"Judy Garland is to be moved from her current resting place and interred in a place of Honor in Hollywood at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery very soon."

no confirmation or denial as of yet

[Glebb]

Posted: 5/14/05 at 11:21pm

Wow, a friend took me upstate to pay my repects when I first moved to NYC in 1975. Seems that they should leave her be and maybe build a museum in Hollywood to pay tribute.

[Beergoggles]

Posted: 5/15/05 at 6:11pm

I didn't know Judy was buried in NYC? Come to think of it a cemetary isn't something i would associate with NYC... strange but true!

[Glebb]

Posted: 5/15/05 at 6:15pm

She's resting in upstate New York.
If my memory serves it is Ferncliff Cemetery in Hartsdale, NY.

[Mythus]

Posted: 5/15/05 at 6:19pm

Nobody dies in New York City, Beergoggles...they just become part of the sidewalk.

[ConvinceMe2]

Posted: 5/15/05 at 7:40pm

I thought Judge Judy was moving. She's the only Judy I think of, when I read the name Judy.

[babygiraffeboots]

Posted: 5/15/05 at 8:06pm

Hartsdale is not upstate (sorry, westchester bias). The cemetary is a couple minutes away from my house and next to a lot of my friends houses. I think Babe Ruth was also cremated there.

[Kristie-K2]

Posted: 5/15/05 at 8:08pm

This is sad. I always have wondered, if the Greatest Entertainer of the 20th century would of lived longer, what would she have done. Would she have done Driving Miss Daisy or done some Broadway....She would be in her eighties now....Hell, Mickey Rooney is still alive........Oh Miss Garland..Sad , Sad Sad!!!!!!

[Glebb]

Posted: 5/15/05 at 8:14pm

"Let's go UP to Westchester." - Stage Door 1937

[PalJoey]

Posted: 5/16/05 at 10:54am

False.

According to John Fricke, the most reliable of the Garland historians: "Before everyone gets up in arms (happily or un-), it
should be stated that this is a total rumor, which has been circulating for months. This is NOT fact."

Fricke is the author of 2 excellent books Garland books, 2 on Oz and many liner notes, as well as the producer or writer of the A&E and Great Performers Garland documentaries.

[BT]

Posted: 5/16/05 at 10:57am

"She's the only Judy I think of, when I read the name Judy."

Shame on you, CM2 ...

[PalJoey]

Posted: 5/16/05 at 11:20am

CM2 likes to be contrarian when it somes to icons. See his anti-Hepburn thread last week.

Updated On: 5/16/05 at 11:20 AM

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 5/16/05 at 11:44am

Not to jack, but Fricke is a nice guy and yes, he is the ultimate Garland expert. His lovely and sweet partner, who, sadly, died years ago of AIDS, hired me for my very first Broadway office job.

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 5/16/05 at 11:48am

I second BabyGiraffe when I say that Hartsdale is NOT upstate. I went to college in Ithaca, NY...now *that* is upstate. If you want to stretch it, you could say that Rockland country is upstate, but certainly not Westchester county. Thank you.

Posted: 5/16/05 at 11:49am

"She's the only Judy I think of, when I read the name Judy."

Proof that CM2 is telling the truth when he says he is only mostly gay

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 5/16/05 at 11:49am

It's "upstate" to those of us in NYC. My friends live in Kingston and I even refer to that as "upstate."

[ConvinceMe2]

Posted: 5/16/05 at 11:49am

I'm not being contrary. I do think of Judge Judy when I hear or read the name Judy. Not Garland. I'm not the fan that most here are. I don't dislike her, though. She's just not somebody I ever spent much time thinking about. She played no role in my formative years. I never even saw The Wizard of Oz until I was an adult. I'll have to ask my parents about that.

[BT]

Posted: 5/16/05 at 11:58am

I shudder to think about not having Judy Garland in my life during my formative years! Seems you turned out well anyway, CM2...

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 5/16/05 at 12:00pm

BT, you'd probably be married with 2.5 kids now.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 5/16/05 at 12:10pm

Okay, BT--and others followers of Judy-ism lurking in this thread. (Calling Glebb and AndyHardy!)

True confessions time: How many times have you actually been to Ferncliff Cemetery in Hartsdale to visit Judy's grave?

(Doesn't count if you went to see Joan Crawford's grave and stopped off at Judy's.)

PalJoey: twice.

Updated On: 5/16/05 at 12:10 PM

[KMF_NYC]

Posted: 5/16/05 at 12:13pm

once...

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 5/16/05 at 12:15pm

Never, although I've certainly given thought to it over the years.

[ConvinceMe2]

Posted: 5/16/05 at 12:17pm

BT, how do I seem to have turned out well? And I, obviously, have never been to her grave.

Updated On: 5/16/05 at 12:17 PM

[Glebb]

Posted: 5/16/05 at 12:18pm

I only visited Judy at Ferncliff once.
Dang, I didn't know Joan was there as well.
I could have stomped on her grave for Bette Davis (just kidding)!

Sorry AndyHardy but I'm going to tell this story.
The first time AH came to my apt he saw the big pink Judy book on my shelf and knew it was ok to be more than my friend.

[SonofMammaMiaSam]

Posted: 5/16/05 at 12:21pm

He joined your book club?