As you may know, the wonderfully talented Lena Horne passed away on Sunday May 9, 2010.I met her when I was returning to Los Angeles from Seattle in 1982. I fly up to Washington to attend my college roommate's wedding and decided to take the train back. It being an overnight trip I thought I would get a sleeper. I arrive at the train station and there she was- shining- I'm not lying- she was radiant. I walked up to her and said something I can't remember. And she said something I can't recall but what I do remember is her smile and her grace. WOW. I didn't get a sleeper because Ms. Horne had reserved all of them but I did have dinner with her granddaughter- Jenny Lumet- a mere teenager at the time.
I'm sure that neither Ms. Horne or Ms. Lumet remember me but I will always have that moment when I was on a slow moving train when I met a legend.
One of my favorite song of her's is "The Lady is a Tramp". I thought I would provide a video link but couldn't find one of that song. But there is her classic "Stormy Weather". Here to the memory of the trailblazer, the activist, the legend- Lena Horne.
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