I refuse to let E! True Hollywood Stories write Anissa Jones' obituary. People have the right to know the truth!
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Oprah, and an intelligent discussion on divorce and its devastating
affect on children.
While watching your recent show on Divorce and its effect on children,
I called the mother of Anissa Jones,
who portrayed "Buffy" on the show Family Affair. How I came to know
Mrs. Jones and its relavence to this
board I will explain below. On April 18,1999 I watched an installment
of E! True Hollywood Stories on the life
and death of Anissa Jones. As I watched it, I started to have shivers
run up and down my spine. The story of
Anissa as told on the show was a "Mommie Dearest Story". My reaction
came from the fact that the story of
her life sounded so much like my parents talking about their divorced
spouse: all invective and mean, with no
regard for my feelings or the truth. My siblings developed a defense to
this, they went with the wind. I became
withdrawn and retreated from all the hate.I had Anissa's address from
when I was a kid. I had had a very
serious crush on her. I was deeply troubled by the show, the facts as
they were stated on the show and as I
believed them to be when I was a kid were in conflict. I wrote Anissa's
Mom a
letter. I never expected her to reply, but she did. If she had engaged
in the same invective that I had
witnessed on the
show, I would have gone no further. But, instead, she answered the
questions I had posed to her, with very
thoughtful,articulate answers which were more in line with the girl
that I had remembered Anissa to be, and
in total contrast with the facts as stated on the show.
The Producer had used Mrs. Jones as a source for photographs; but had
used opinions from her
ex-husband's side of the family for the body of the story. Out of a
list of over 100 names, less than 25%
agreed to have any part with the show. It shows. I know that Anissa's
parents had as rotten a divorce as my
parents did. I know how Anissa felt because that is exactly what I
experienced growing up; we shared many
of the same personality traits also. People should remember that a kid
is a kid, before they ever become a
star. That is the key to understanding Anissa Jones, her life and her
death. Your show explained many of the
things that I tried to explain to Anissa's Mom. I called her from
Atlanta and told her to watch the show. She did,
and called me back crying. She now understood that a horrible divorce
has its first casualties among the
children. I knew that; Anissa and her brother, Paul knew that. Despite
what E! said; Anissa's life was a
divorce story, and everyone is guilty. I don't just believe that, I
know it. Some sites I created to explain what I
have learned are listed below:
http://www.geocities.com/bkohatl2001/index.html
http://www.geocities.com/bkohatl2001/Anissa1958.html
http://www.geocities.com/bkohatl2001/CandleOnTheWater.html
http://www.geocities.com/bkohatl2001/PaulJones.html
http://www.geocities.com/bkohatl/TheRoadLessTraveledBy.html
http://www.geocities.com/bkohatl/AnissaJones.html
http://www.geocities.com/bkohatl/index.html
My most fervent desire is to have E! redo the story and tell the whole
truth this time. It is a harrowing lesson of
what not to do in a divorce.I intend to be like the character of Ben
Stone of Law and Order; fair, just, and
relentless in my search for the truth. Everyone deserves that. Anissa
Jones does too. I intend to give Anissa's
life back to her, and stop people from using her life for their own
ends.
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