>>>>Jo Stafford died 10 days ago. Why am I only hearing about it now!?
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>>>I dunno. I heard it on NPR a day or two after she died and saw an obit in the newspaper the next day.
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>>>Tamar
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>>Well see? You should have told me back then. ;)
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>>She was one of my faves. I also loved her and Paul's "Jonathan and Darlene Edwards". Shows she had, not only an incredible ear, but a great sense of humour (in case Cinderalla G. Stump hadn't already nailed that down for anybody).
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>FWIW, I should confess that the name is only vaguely familiar to me. I was raised with classical music almost exclusively.
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>Tamar

"G.I. Jo". I thought everyone who'd ever heard of WWII would have heard of her. I'm sure you'd have loved her as Darlene Edwards accompanied by her husband Paul Weston on piano as Jonathan Edwards. They crack me up!