#380 Dorothy Parker's Last Party
The Bowery Boys: New York City History
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Dorothy Parker, 73, Literary Wise Dies
Dorothy parker died in her apartment at the volney hotel on the upper east side. She had expressly stated in her will that she was to be cremated and that there'd be no funeral service. But lilian helman dismissed her friend's final wishes and held a small funeral for parker anyway you guessed it. According to marion mead quote, the slapdash service lasted about as long as it took a motorist to pass through a carwash. The newspapers reduced her legacy to its sharp edges. Her obituary ran next to satellite photographs of the sinai peninsula. Other phrases which made the headlines were rapier's sweet sheath, the wit of
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