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...They all sent their regrets," said Lil...

Author: By Frank Rich, | Title: NOTES ON A CELEBRATIONMoon Over Miami | 12/9/1970 | See Source »

...marriage wasn't all smooth going. Lil said: "We had many fights. We'd throw each other out the window. We always wanted to kill each other. But every time we walked out, we walked back...

Author: By Frank Rich, | Title: NOTES ON A CELEBRATIONMoon Over Miami | 12/9/1970 | See Source »

Both of them were children of Russian Jewish parents. Lil's father was a successful merchant; he sold and repaired sewing machines. Nat's parents were poor. His father died when he was six, and his mother, who never learned English, had to work as a peddler to survive. She also had to send three of her seven children, including Nat, to an orphan asylum for six years...

Author: By Frank Rich, | Title: NOTES ON A CELEBRATIONMoon Over Miami | 12/9/1970 | See Source »

...player breaks away from "The Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head," plays a fanfare, and the march into the next room for dinner has begun. The family staggers towards the long head table. The accordion player plays "Here Comes the Bride"; my grandparents enter. A boozy standing ovation. As Lil and Nat take their seats the music switches to "The Old Grey Mare." Some of the assembled join...

Author: By Frank Rich, | Title: NOTES ON A CELEBRATIONMoon Over Miami | 12/9/1970 | See Source »

Dinner is anything but "sit-down." I don't think either of the guests of honor stayed in their seats for as long as five minutes at a time. Table-hopping like you've never seen. A woman walks over to my mother. "Lil tells me you are going to India tomorrow," she says...

Author: By Frank Rich, | Title: NOTES ON A CELEBRATIONMoon Over Miami | 12/9/1970 | See Source »

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