Bob Hope's No. 1 girl, Dolores, turns 100.Byline: DENNIS McCARTHY Dennis McCarthy may refer to:
"It's it's 1. Contraction of it is. 2. Contraction of it has. See Usage Note at its. it's it is or it has it's be ~have taken me a long time getting here." - Dolores Hope Dolores Hope (born May 27, 1909) is a singer, philanthropist and the widow of legendary actor Bob Hope. She was born Dolores DeFina on May 27, 1909 in New York City and raised in the Bronx. She is of Italian and Irish descent. . Well, Bob, she made it. Your No. 1 girl turned 100 on Wednesday, celebrating in style with a birthday gala thrown by daughters Linda and Kelly at your Toluca Lake home. "We never imagined either one of our parents would live to be 100, but they both did. It's wonderful," Linda Hope said before the party, trying to keep as many of the details as possible a secret from her mother. Good luck. Dolores Dolores (or Delores) was a common given name (until the 1960s in the USA); it is cognate with the English word "dolorous" (meaning sorrowful) and equivalent in meaning. is still way too sharp for that. You would have loved it, Bob. The night turned out to be almost a carbon copy of your own 90th birthday - one big carnival carnival, communal celebration, especially the religious celebration in Catholic countries that takes place just before Lent. Since early times carnivals have been accompanied by parades, masquerades, pageants, and other forms of revelry that had their origins in . Dolores wanted her 100th to be that way because she remembers how much fun you both had that night. She wanted that feeling again, surrounded sur·round tr.v. sur·round·ed, sur·round·ing, sur·rounds 1. To extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle. 2. To enclose or confine on all sides so as to bar escape or outside communication. n. by 200 close friends. Yeah, she is that popular. People look at Dolores Hope and see dignity, class and a heart of gold. The night would be far different from your 100th birthday on May 29, 2003. Your health was failing, Bob, and you would make it two more months - but long enough to outlive out·live tr.v. out·lived, out·liv·ing, out·lives 1. To live longer than: She outlived her son. 2. your old pal George Burns Noun 1. George Burns - United States comedian and film actor (1896-1996) Burns, Nathan Birnbaum , who also made it to 100. It was just close family that night, with the final act being Dolores singing "It's Only a Paper Moon" - your song since the day you two met and fell in love in 1933. Dolores DeFina she was then - an up-and-coming singer born in Harlem on May 27, 1909. She gave up her career to raise a family and become one of Los Angeles' leading philanthropists - spending all that money her husband was making on the road for causes close to her heart back home. She's a leading advocate for adoption and a champion of Catholic causes benefiting the poor. I still remember what Dolores told me on your 100th birthday, Bob. "We've been so fortunate," she said. "God put us together and it worked." It's still working, Bob. Dolores is still going strong at 100. Kelly and Linda had small kiosks erected outside to celebrate every decade of their mom's life. There were video monitors, singers, and actors dressed in the costumes of the decade. And balloons - lots of balloons. A big carnival, Bob. Plenty of laughs and people having a great time. Just the way Dolores wanted it on her 100th birthday. dennis.mccarthy@dailynews.com, 818-713-3749 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Dolores Hope, widow of Bob Hope, turned 100 on Wednesday. Daughters Linda and Kelly helped her celebrate with a carnival at her Toluca Lake home. The party was a carbon copy of Bob Hope's 90th birthday party, with singers, actors, balloons and 200 friends. |
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