Burlesque dancer Blaze Starr dies at 83

[profblues]

One chapter of Ms. Starr's life — her late-'50s affair with Louisiana Gov. Earl Long — made it to the screen in the 1989 film "Blaze." She was played by Lolita Davidovich; Paul Newman was Long. Ms. Starr herself had a cameo in the movie.

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[egoodstein]

End of an era . That congressional affair thing was pretty entertaining, as US political fal-de-rols go. To be honest, I thought she had died sev. years ago. I remember once mixing up her name and old comic strip reporter heroine, Brenda Starr. (She didn't strip, but
I kinda wished she had!).

[profblues]

Jun 16, 2015 14:22:04 GMT -5 egoodstein said:

End of an era . That congressional affair thing was pretty entertaining, as US political fal-de-rols go. To be honest, I thought she had died sev. years ago. I remember once mixing up her name and old comic strip reporter heroine, Brenda Starr. (She didn't strip, but
I kinda wished she had!).

I saw an appearance and interview by her in a documentary from 2010 called "Behind the Burly Q" about the golden age of burlesque. it also featured actor Alan Alda, who's father Robert, worked as what they called a "tit singer" and straight man for the acts.