CLORIS LEACHMAN R.I.P.

 
I met Cloris Leachman when I moved to LA a decade after I'd been knocked out (along with millions of others) by her performance in THE LAST PICTURE SHOW. She became and remains one of my favorite performers. I got to hang out with her a few times, including in her home, and she was just as you would imagine: smart, funny, generous, humble, and honest. To me she was also physically beautiful, and I think she knew I had a crush on her. It was a gift to have known her as marginally as I did, I'm only sorry her enormous talent wasn't used more by those who wield the power in the movie biz. One of a kind, who fortunately had at least one performance that will live on as long as movies do.