The evening of September 19, there will be a very special event in Beverly Hills, California — a tribute to the late, great June Foray who left us a month ago, just a few weeks shy of what would have been her one-hundredth birthday. September 19 is, by the way, one day after she would have hit that milestone date. It will be a fun evening with cartoons, guest speakers, surprise film clips and (we expect) a packed house.
E-mailed invitations have just gone out to June's family and to a list of what the organizers hope are all her closest friends. They doubtlessly missed a few but if you received one, répondez s'il vous plaît or don't whine if it fills up before you R.S.V.P. and you wind up not getting a seat. Very shortly, I will post instructions on how others — folks who somehow didn't get on the master list of invitees — can attend. If you were a friend of June's or have ever been a fan — and how could you not be a fan of that woman? — do yourself a favor and keep checking this space for details.
Oh — and please do me a favor and do not call or write to ask if you can speak at the event. The hardest part of arranging this is turning out to be saying no to so many who ask. If we let everyone speak who wants to speak, we'll be there until one day after June's two-hundredth birthday.