Julie Kurnitz was someone Angela and I met at Marfan conferences. She was warm, gregarious and funny, someone who in the parlance of another era might be called "a real classy lady." She did an entire one-woman musical cabaret show about living with Marfan, and was always campaigning for you to be optimistic, to keep your chin up, to laugh about things. Since she was a comedienne who always wanted to knock 'em dead, she would often chair workshops at the conferences on using humor. I've been meaning to snag a copy of "Radio Days," the Woody Allen film in which she makes an appearance.
When Julie died in 2004, Angela and I were greatly saddened. Now I think about Julie and smile. Here's one reason why, a taken from a tribute page to her (whose link is below):
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In a letter sent to a friend long ago, Julie wrote, "...and I hope the thought of me will (eventually) make you smile more often than not. Or even laugh. After all, that's what I always wanted - to make people laugh - no bad thing." And in her list of Humor and Creativity Quotes, she writes: "Life does not cease to be serious when people laugh any more than it ceases to be funny when people die." - George Bernard Shaw
http://www.thevillager.com/villager_65/juliekurnitz61.html
http://svhamstra.com/SADNEWS/SadNews2004Kurnitz.shtml
2 comments:
Hi there. I just read your blog on Julie Kurnitz. She was my boyfriend's aunt. Tonight we were googling her and reading about her life and the lives she touched. Thank you for the post. Even after posting in 2006, it's still being read. Joleen
i don't think you and i have met, but i was googling julie today for a picture of her to use in the blog entry i'm writing about her (to be posted this afternoon) and i came across your blog entry. julie was truly a remarkable woman!
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