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Rowdyboy

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4. Quite a lady...I remember sitting on the couch with my mom watching "Miss America" in 1959

Reply to Adenoid_Hynkel (Original post)

Wed Dec 10, 2014, 01:51 PM

Dec 2014

when she won. I was 5 and "Miss America" hadn't yet become uncool so having our state "win" thrilled me to no end.

She did much good with her life. May she rest in peace.

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Mary Ann Mobley, Miss America Turned Actress, Dies at 77 [View all] Adenoid_Hynkel Dec 2014 OP

Rest in peace shenmue Dec 2014 #1

Oh! Very sad! Rhiannon12866 Dec 2014 #2

Yeah, scary how time is passing on so fast, Rhiannon.. Mary Ann Mobley 77.. Cha Dec 2014 #3

I grew up in Saratoga Rhiannon12866 Dec 2014 #7

I bet Lake George is a ghosttown now! Glen Falls is where my sister and her Cha Dec 2014 #8

I had to drive down Canada Street in Lake George a couple of weeks ago Rhiannon12866 Dec 2014 #9

Quite a lady...I remember sitting on the couch with my mom watching "Miss America" in 1959 Rowdyboy Dec 2014 #4

I remember kinda the same when Marilyn Van Derbur won from my state in Colorado, Rowdyboy.. Cha Dec 2014 #10

She was one of my crushes as a kid. bikebloke Dec 2014 #5

RIP Liberal_in_LA Dec 2014 #6