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joshwriting ([personal profile] joshwriting) wrote2005-03-20 11:13 am
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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!

[identity profile] dzmonster.livejournal.com 2005-03-20 04:00 pm (UTC)(link)
sending lots of support out to you, and the others who need it...