Hard to imagine that Phyllis Diller has left us but leaving us with tons of  memories & laughs…that raucous, loud  and totally Diller laugh.   I’ve been to her house as a press member so many times and she was always a most gracious hostess.  When The Thalians honored her, I went out to her Brentwood home.   Phyllis had broken her wrist and yet she took the time to show me the wonderful  file cabinets of her life.  I truly believe that The Thalians Book that year was one of my finest achievements.  She left  me alone to go through the files and pick out the photos for the layout and after being dazzled by her “stuff”, I was leaving when I saw the most wonderful photo of her in the hallway which I asked her assistant  if I could take it with me.  It was the perfect  cover.   When I took the finished product back to her, she asked me to pick a favorite lithograph which she signed to me.  I still have it on my living room wall….it is one of my favorite possessions just as Phyllis was and always will be one of my favorite ladies!

RIP…dear Phyllis and thanks for the hours of joy that you gave us.