On 10 June 1969 Judy Garland died, and two weeks later, a fan wrote this letter to her local newspaper. Movie historian James Niebuhr clipped it and kept it to remember what movies and movie stars used to mean to people. It is such a sad and simple and dignified letter. It makes me want to watch old movies and be enchanted with someone. It also makes me feel very nostalgic for letters to the editor.
What a beautiful obit. And I agree about “Letters to the Ed”.
These days every unlettered drunk at the bar has an online opinion that hijacks timelines.