Ginger's Susan Hayward Message Board: To reach If You Knew Susie by Trish Sharp, click the profile photo at www.facebook.com/susanhaywardclassicfilmstar and you will see the link.
Gloria, that's true. Who knows what lies beyond? There are many mysteries indeed.
Julie's niece has been helping to maintain the website and if her niece needs me to assist in whatever she decides to do with it, I have written to her and offered my help. I hope that the website will continue. It provides such a unique part of film history for young and old to enjoy. I appreciated Julie putting Susan Hayward right smack in the middle of the beautiful cover of her book which was a design of images of many of the stars Julie had photographed. I viewed this as an honor to Susan.
I had not seen Julie in over three years but we had exchanged some emails from time to time, and she has written on our message board within the past year. She was very sick the last few years of her life and it was difficult to sit at the computer. She used oxygen. She had pulmonary problems probably brought on by a severe bout with tuberculosis in her early years for which she was confined to an institution until she was well, a harrowing but life changing experience for her. She could have written a book about her own life..... With the steely determination that she had, she managed to finish her beautiful book which was a crowning achievement for herself. She was so happy and proud that she had accomplished that before her death.
Sad news Ginger. I also recall Julie well and remember sharing a couple of emails with her some years back after you directed me to her site.
I also fondly recall spending many hours happily prowling through Julie's wonderful photo collection which, as Gloria mentions,you were immensely helpful in getting set up.
Was so sorry to hear of Julie's passing. Even with her severe health problems, somehow I thought she would go on and on.
Have not been on this board because of my own health issues but finally felt well enough to log on tonight, only to see this sad news. When I saw the subject line, my heart sank.
You and I shared the famous trek to see Julie, so we have that in common. I will always treasure meeting her -- a special person and am glad that you were able to see her more often. I am sure she loved those visits.
It feels good to be able to log on when I am feeling halfway decent again. I have good days and bad days and I guess I can now appreciate what Julie was going through. In fact, I have wanted to e-mail her often to tell her so, but was so caught up with my own problems that I didn't have the strength to do so.
Anyway, I appreciated hearing the news, however sad it was.
Jill, even though I knew Julie was ill, I guess it was just the fact that she had been ill so long and yet still continued with so much determintation, that I, too, felt like she would be here always.
Julie was a collector and her neice told me that they loaded 1,000 boxes from Julie's basement of all the wonderful items she had accumulated over the years. Kelly and I spent an entire afternoon a few years ago, browsing through her basement. It was fun and a look back in time.
I am so sorry to hear of your health problems and I am really glad that you have touched base with us again. Please continue to visit here as you have time and are feeling like doing so.
