Meeting Morgan Fairchild

I was fortunate to hear Morgan Fairchild speak about caring for her mother who suffered a series of strokes at this year’s Go Red for Women luncheon sponsored by the Heart Association. Fairchild said both of her mother’s parents died of strokes (the mother 13 days before her wedding) and a little less of her mother came back after each stroke she suffered. It was hard to believe that her mother enrolled her in drama lessons when she was too shy to give a book report. "My fear of the stage was only second to the fear of my mother," she said. She is absolutely beautiful. "At my age, I have the face you've earned and paid for," she said.

The Ultimate Compliment

Oct. 15, 2007

I covered the Feist-Weiller Cancer Center Lifesavers Ball Saturday night, wearing my cool two-piece red formal, yes, showing midriff at my age (because I can, she said conceitedly). I first wore it in 1999 and bring it out every now and then. I am talking to this lady who says, "My 23-year-old son wants to meet you. He loves your dress" ...and she adds that he thinks I am cute or something like that. I say, "Where is he?" Since my husband is a homebody stick in the mud, I am, of course, stag again. She said he left early. Probably a good thing, our age difference would be worse than Demi and Ashton and I am married and all. But it was the ultimate compliment. I think the record before that was a 36-year-old.