Actress Maureen O'Hara Died at 95!

Loved her, especially in Miarcle on 34th St. And Spencer's Mountain...R.I.P..

How eerie, I was just watching her in Hunchback of Notre Dame yesterday. Sad to hear she's gone, but she lived a long good life.

Wonder why Rodgers vetoed her casting as Anna, I would have loved to see her take.

Updated On: 10/24/15 at 09:48 PM

To answer your question Mr. Nowack, the reason Richard Rodgers vetoed the idea of Maureen O'Hara as Anna is because while he viewed her as having a lovely singing voice, he hated the idea of having a "pirate queen" as his Anna so they kept searching until Yul Brynner told them about Deborah Kerr, who I think is perfect casting despite being dubbed by Marni Nixon.

But O'Hara was still a wonderful, beautiful, powerful actress until the day she died. May she rest in peace.

Updated On: 10/25/15 at 03:07 AM

I seem to recall a Frank Sinatra connection but can't find it on the Web. Am I all wet, or was she involved with Sinatra?

AHLiebross said: "I seem to recall a Frank Sinatra connection but can't find it on the Web. Am I all wet, or was she involved with Sinatra?

Madam, I rarely discuss any possible affairs involving those I love and respect, myself having been linked unjustly with so many women. Most are aware of the only woman who ever got "under my skin" and stayed there for a such a long, long time. But my best known connection with Miss O'Hara was in 1976 when I was hosting a tribute to John Wayne and had the opportunity to introduce this lovely and luminous actress and singer as she joined the tribute in song.

It was with "the Duke" that Miss O'Hara co-starred in five well-loved films and of whom she once said "I was tough. I was tall. I was strong. I didn't take any nonsense from anybody. He was tough, he was tall, he was strong and he didn't take any nonsense from anybody. As a man and a human being, I adored him."

Rumor, and only rumor, suggest that John Wayne was the man with whom she might have shared intimacy.

Updated On: 10/25/15 at 11:12 PM