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Memorials for Grace Kelly and other notable events
Actor Jimmy Stewart recalled Grace Kelly as the nicest lady he ever met at a Beverly Hills memorial mass for Grace. Violinist Itzhak Perlman was hospitalized for kidney stones forcing a Schenectady concert postponement. Lillian Carter returned home after medical tests at Emory University. Lee Iacocca teased Mary Cunningham and Bill Agee at a Detroit Women’s Economic Club event. Betty Buckley discussed Cats premiere expectations amid a $5 million advance sale. World-record watermelon grower Vernon Conrad laments not leaving the fruit longer on the vine. Escape artist Chris Shayland previews stunts from Alcatraz to a Palos Verdes Peninsula shoot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace
Monaco
Jimmy Stewart
Grace Kelly
Stewart
Alfred Hitchcock
Daniel Sullivan
Church of the Good Shepherd
Beverly Hills
John Forsythe
Prince Rainier
Itzhak Perlman
Schenectady
Perlman
Proctor’s Theater
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
Manhattan
Audrey Hughes
Lee Iacocca
Chrysler Corp
Mary Cunningham
Bill Agee
Women’s Economic Club of
Detroit
Seagram
Ms. Cunningham
Allied-Bendix
Bill
Chris Shayland
Shayland
ABC
Harry Houdini
Alcatraz
Marineland Pier
California
Palos Verdes Peninsula