The toastmaster began the evening with a typical toastmaster’s gag: “Before I cut my throat . . .” Not one of the 200 special guests interrupted him with a laugh. Not one of them could. Actor William Gargan was playing toastmaster in Memphis for the International Association of Laryngectomees—people who have lost their larynges to cancer. Their laughter was muted to a barely audible chuckle.
Toastmaster Gargan was particularly sensitive to their plight. Read More...
Robert Chelsea turned down the first face he was offered. It was a fine face, one that could have taken him off the transplant waiting list after just a couple months. But Chelsea—severely disfigured after a catastrophic car accident five years earlier—was in no hurry. He’d gotten used to tilting his head back so food and water wouldn’t fall out of his nearly lipless mouth. He knew how to respond compassionately to children who stared in shock and fear. Read More...
Week of Oct. 1, 1990
The upcoming Menendez murder trial is Hollywood's hottest show. As the state prepares its murder case, curious bit players dominate the scene. The Menendez boys' psychologist is locked in a legal battle with his former lover and police tipster Judalon Smyth, who accuses him of seducing her hypnotically by telephone. Next Iraq Withdraws From Kuwait
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