Sunday, October 10, 2004
If you're not watching football this weekend, why not take a trip to explore some local countryside antique shops? You never know what you might find -- such as perhaps the remains of Veronica Lake.
Fav line from the story:
With her peek-a-boo blond hairdo and sultry looks, Veronica Lake was the "it-girl" of the 1940s silver screen....
Lake's reputed remains have resurfaced in a Catskills antique store. The quirky little shop plans an Oct. 16 homage to the late starlet, with a lookalike contest, "Peek-A-Boo" cookies, and a spoonful of the actress' purported ashes taking center stage...
Lake was once one of Hollywood's brightest lights, a contemporary of Oscar winners Ingrid Bergman and Joan Crawford, a co-star with Alan Ladd in the film noirs "This Gun for Hire" and "The Glass Key" ...
But when the actress died on July 7, 1973, she was an entertainment footnote. She was working as a New York cocktail waitress, drinking heavily and married to her fourth husband, a commercial fisherman known as "Captain Bob."... (more via AP)
"I have no reason not to believe the ashes are Veronica Lake. Benny's not going to dump some stranger's ashes in an envelope."
