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Spirited Personage
Another death of a person known to me, but not close, a Bryn Mawrter acquaintence. Jillene was a bright light, a larger than life character who made a career on stage through force of personality. It is not that she didn;t have talent - there was talent aplenty.
It was more thatn Jillene infused a room with power, with glitz, and with sexual energy. She was a torch singer, for those who know the term, a belter, not a crooner.
I only saw her perform withinthe confines of BMC reunions and never in her own shows. My loss. I wished to, but never put the energy into making it happen.
Hers was from cancer and pneumonia, but no less shocking to me for that. She was 40ish, I guess.
*Toasts* Here's to Jillene - may she not be dead, but merely moving on to the next stage!
It was more thatn Jillene infused a room with power, with glitz, and with sexual energy. She was a torch singer, for those who know the term, a belter, not a crooner.
I only saw her perform withinthe confines of BMC reunions and never in her own shows. My loss. I wished to, but never put the energy into making it happen.
Hers was from cancer and pneumonia, but no less shocking to me for that. She was 40ish, I guess.
*Toasts* Here's to Jillene - may she not be dead, but merely moving on to the next stage!