RIP Carol Channing

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Channing


Channing was born in Seattle, Washington, on January 31, 1921,[5] the only child of Adelaide (née Glaser; 1886–1984) and George Christian Channing (1888-1957). Her mother was of German Jewish descent and Channing considered herself "part-Jewish".[6]:51 Her father, who was multiracial (African American and German), changed his surname from Stucker to Channing before Carol's birth.[6]:50 A city editor at the Seattle Star, he took a job in San Francisco and the family moved when Channing was two weeks old. He became a Christian Science practitioner, editor and teacher.[citation needed]
Channing attended Aptos Junior High School and Lowell High School San Francisco, graduating in 1938. She won the Crusaders' Oratorical Contest and a free trip to Hawaii with her mother in June 1937.[7]
When she was 16, she left home to attend Bennington College in Vermont and her mother told her for the first time that her father's mother was African American and his father was German American.[8][6]:8
Her mother felt that the time was right to tell her since now that she was going off to college and would be on her own, she didn't want her to be surprised if she ever had a black baby.[6]:8[9][10][11][a] Channing writes:
I know it's true the moment I sing and dance. I'm proud as can be of [my black ancestry]. It's one of the great strains in show business. I'm so grateful. My father was a very dignified man and as white as I am. My [paternal] grandparents were Nordic German, so apparently I [too] took after them [in appearance].[11]
 
Phantasmal said:
No, you are agitated to a point that you call a woman you don’t know anything about, by your own admission, an old hag, that’s pretty silly.
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You are the one agitated looking for a reason to attack someone. She was an old hag. I at least met the woman once which gives me more first-hand knowledge than you.
 
Kacper said:
You are the one agitated looking for a reason to attack someone. She was an old hag. I at least met the woman once which gives me more first-hand knowledge than you.
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and here you are trashing her after death for what reason?

for the CRIME of being older than you?
 
I look forward to the day when lying Desh and Rana the imbecile assume room temperature.

It shouldn't be a long wait, according to the actuarial tables.
 
evince said:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Channing


Channing was born in Seattle, Washington, on January 31, 1921,[5] the only child of Adelaide (née Glaser; 1886–1984) and George Christian Channing (1888-1957). Her mother was of German Jewish descent and Channing considered herself "part-Jewish".[6]:51 Her father, who was multiracial (African American and German), changed his surname from Stucker to Channing before Carol's birth.[6]:50 A city editor at the Seattle Star, he took a job in San Francisco and the family moved when Channing was two weeks old. He became a Christian Science practitioner, editor and teacher.[citation needed]
Channing attended Aptos Junior High School and Lowell High School San Francisco, graduating in 1938. She won the Crusaders' Oratorical Contest and a free trip to Hawaii with her mother in June 1937.[7]
When she was 16, she left home to attend Bennington College in Vermont and her mother told her for the first time that her father's mother was African American and his father was German American.[8][6]:8
Her mother felt that the time was right to tell her since now that she was going off to college and would be on her own, she didn't want her to be surprised if she ever had a black baby.[6]:8[9][10][11][a] Channing writes:
I know it's true the moment I sing and dance. I'm proud as can be of [my black ancestry]. It's one of the great strains in show business. I'm so grateful. My father was a very dignified man and as white as I am. My [paternal] grandparents were Nordic German, so apparently I [too] took after them [in appearance].[11]
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The Wiki Witch of the West strikes again.
 
Good bye Dolly, well good bye Dolly
It's so sad to have you leave us here alone
We're feeling sad, Dolly, we can tell, Dolly
You're still glowing, you're still crowing, you're still going strong
We feel the room praying 'that the band's playing
One of your old favorite songs from way back when
Take a nap, fellows, find an empty heart, fellows
Dolly'll has gone away, Dolly'll never play that song...again.....
 
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