Gene Kelly's ex-wife trashes his final wife
PUSSSYKATT
A NEW book by Gene Kelly's first wife, Betsy Blair, charges that his widow
robbed the Hollywood legend of his love for life and the love of his friends,
and that she stole from his children Kerry, Tim and Bridget.
Blair skewers Los Angeles socialite Patricia Ward Kelly in the prologue of her
just-released "The Memory of All That."
Calling Kelly's second wife Jeanne Coyne "a lovely woman," Blair notes she and
all of his children were close to Kelly - until he married Patricia Ward a few
years before his death in 1996.
Among the book's claims:
* Kelly's "new young wife was welcomed by his children . . . sadly, she
betrayed him and them . . . She took a great deal away from him - first his
pride and then his joie de vivre. And in the end, she had most of his fortune."
* "After his first stroke . . . Kerry and Tim left messages [at the hospital]
of love and concern. They had the impression Gene didn't know about these
calls.
* "At the time of his second stroke . . . he was cut off from everyone
familiar: Lois, his secretary for fifty years, was no longer welcome in the
house; the locks were changed; there was a new housekeeper. His doctor, his
business manager and his lawyer were all fired and replaced . . .
* "Old friends who left messages received no calls back . . . Bridget was told
not to drop in, to make an appointment. In 1995 when I was in Los Angeles for
only three days, I had to insist that I too would not be stopped [from seeing
Kelly]."
At that meeting, Blair claims, Ward insisted on having tea served by a maid.
"Even the Queen of England pours tea at her own table," Blair writes. At the
end of the meeting "Gene asked me to come back the next day and to bring our
friend Ted Reid." Ward later cancelled the meeting.
Blair writes, "Gene was deprived of everything towards the end. I cannot
forgive his widow, not because she got almost all of the children's
inheritance, but because I don't think he had the happy ending he deserved."
When Kelly died, Blair says his children were not allowed to stay at their
father's house for the funeral and "never got to say goodbye."
Ward Kelly didn't return calls.
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Sounds like my father and his new wife.
L Camino
"Tina" <lisa...@aol.comnospam> wrote in message
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> >NY POST/PAGE SIX...
> >
> >A NEW book by Gene Kelly's first wife, Betsy Blair, charges that his
widow
> >robbed the Hollywood legend of his love for life and the love of his
friends,
> >and that she stole from his children Kerry, Tim and Bridget.
I'm sorry, but I despise the notion that anyone can *steal* someone from
someone else. Sure, you can consider the person who actively pursues and
tries to "break down" the resolve of half of a married couple as an immoral
twit, a slime, a deficiency-motivated bitch, anything you want, but to give
that person the label of "thief" or to accuse her of "robbing" you of a
husband and/or father is suggesting that the man in question is an innocent,
inanimate object who had little control or say in the matter once
that....that....that BITCH got her claws into him. Come on... Any man who's
worth his nuts can resist pretty much anything if he wants to. The Evil
Seductress definitely exists, but the fault *always* lies with that other
romantic legend, the Fella who Can't Keep his Dick in his Pants.
Tina
>I'm sorry, but I despise the notion that anyone can *steal* someone from
>someone else. Sure, you can consider the person who actively pursues and
>tries to "break down" the resolve of half of a married couple as an immoral
>twit, a slime, a deficiency-motivated bitch, anything you want, but to give
>that person the label of "thief" or to accuse her of "robbing" you of a
>husband and/or father is suggesting that the man in question is an innocent,
>inanimate object who had little control or say in the matter once
>that....that....that BITCH got her claws into him. Come on... Any man who's
>worth his nuts can resist pretty much anything if he wants to. The Evil
>Seductress definitely exists, but the fault *always* lies with that other
>romantic legend, the Fella who Can't Keep his Dick in his Pants.
I don't know the whole story behind Gene Kelly's marriage to this Betsy Blair
or if his widow really stole him away from her. Sounds a little like a woman
scorned spouting sour grapes.
But I *can* see the new spouse trying to isolate the weak husband or wife away
from the kids to secure their place in the inheritance - especially when
there's a great deal of money involved. It happens all the time.
FeAudrey
says...
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>"Tina" <lisa...@aol.comnospam> wrote in message
>news:20030419140527...@mb-m19.aol.com...
>> >NY POST/PAGE SIX...
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>I'm sorry, but I despise the notion that anyone can *steal* someone from
>someone else.
Not the issue here; wife #1 is accusing wife #3 of stealing actual money from
the kids (diverting their inheritance to herself).
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>>news:20030419140527...@mb-m19.aol.com...
>>> >NY POST/PAGE SIX...
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>>> >... that she stole from his children Kerry, Tim and Bridget.
>>
>>I'm sorry, but I despise the notion that anyone can *steal* someone from
>>someone else.
>
FeAudrey wrote:
>Not the issue here; wife #1 is accusing wife #3 of stealing actual money
>from
>the kids (diverting their inheritance to herself).
Actually the above wasn't my quote/post but it was LCamino's.
Gloria
>Subject: Gene Kelly's ex-wife trashes his final wife
>From: agcgoss...@aol.com
>Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 12:58:17 +0000
>
>NY POST/PAGE SIX...
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>A NEW book by Gene Kelly's first wife, Betsy Blair, charges that his widow
>robbed the Hollywood legend of his love for life and the love of his friends,
Wasn't Betsy Blair married to Cary Grant at one time?
gloria
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"Gloria" <luvone...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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No that was Betsy Drake
Gloria
>Article not availableSubject: Re: Gene Kelly's ex-wife trashes his final wife
>From: "A Adams" <kissm...@satx.rr.com>
>Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2003 11:10:45 +0000
Thanks! She was an actress, if memory serves. Gloria
L Camino
>
> Thanks! She was an actress, if memory serves. Gloria
Isn't it sad that memory no longer has to serve, now that we have Google?
(Serious post.... not a dig, much as it may sound like one)
FeAudrey
lisa...@aol.comnospam says...
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>Actually the above wasn't my quote/post but it was LCamino's.
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Sorry about that; I got tangled up in all the priors.
L Camino
"FeAudrey" <feau...@yah00.forspamhaters.c0m> wrote in message
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> In article <20030420022503...@mb-m13.aol.com>,
> lisa...@aol.comnospam says...
> >
> >
> >Actually the above wasn't my quote/post but it was LCamino's.
> >
> >
>
> Sorry about that; I got tangled up in all the priors.
>
Oh, no.... what have I done *now*?
Tina
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>> Sorry about that; I got tangled up in all the priors.
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LCamino wrote:
>Oh, no.... what have I done *now*?
Oh nothing....We just got tangled up together in the quote trail.
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olivia...@gmail.com says...
>What an evil woman she will know when her time comes that she will go as she
>came in with NOTHING
*
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Yes it is quite easy to do this when spouse is elderly and unwell.
Nobody likes her.
I wonder why?
She is now cashing in on his name and legacy.
Is there no justice?