Donna, if I had known that you and my Angel were classmates I would have invited you to our celebration of life that is held every year on her birthday, her family and some friends get together, go to the cemetery and lunch/dinner afterwards, this year there were almost 30 people there. My boys who knew her and loved her as much as myself go with me every year, of course their mother doesn't know where they go to, its a secret between us. PM me if you want more information about my Angel and her days performing.

Hi Jose, I see your back home? How did everything go? Glad to see you back on the board.

Hi Miss Suzie, it was a rough few days, its never easy, my Angels family was all there, two daughters, 3 sons and 4 granddaughters, her youngest daughter came with us to the airport
she was flying back to college, we flew back home. We talked about the memorial service back in the Bronx, in 2008, and hope that everyone we e-mail will come as they have in the past.

I've met some very nice people from Bronxboard
who knew my Angel and have continued to come to her memorial services each year. Several people from Bronxboard knew her personally and it makes me feel good that they still care.

I'm sorry that you weren't able to attend, but I understand.

Jose, please PM me about the information for the service this coming 2008, I know several other people that would like to be involved plus
myself. Thanks

You have an e-mail coming your way. Everyone is more than welcome to attend, my Angel was the love of my life, I will never let her memory die
as long as I am alive. She was a wonderful human being, who happened to fall in love with the wrong guy, he destroyed her, he manipulated her for his own needs and ended up destroying a beautiful person. I hope that someday he gets what he deserves.

Jose, you keep referring to this other guy? What the heck happened? You really sound like you hate the guy, did he ever go to any of the services you talk about? Where is he from?
Who is he?

This is better than a story out of the National Enquirer.

Suzie, I really don't hate this guy, its his lack of respect for the family that gets to me.
He knew what was going on, several of my Angels family tried to get ahold of him, he ignored them all. Every year a e-mail goes out to him to attend all events, every year nothing.
He didn't give her the time of day, all he had to do was make one f****ing phone call, he was so wrong in his way of thinking, he didn't give her a chance to give her side of the story.
I heard the story and I believed every word she said, I knew her for too long, and knew she would never lie about things in general.
He is still around, won't name names, won't do anybody any good. He's in the NY area. If he loved her at all, I know that he must feel something, regret/remorse, I know I did all I could, I have no regrets/remorse I was there till the very end and still I hurt, it didn't have to end like this.

This would make a great movie, singer turned away by lover, recued by former lover only to die in the end. You should write a book, maybe it would be a best seller.

Hi Suzie, I did write a book, had it self published called The Innocents, The Early Years
starts with my Angel forming her singing group in 1959 and goes right up to 2001, with early pictures/some never seen before. I've sold probably 800 copies, mostly at the performances
and concerts that they appear at. This was my tribute to a very fine lady, to whom I owe some much for, she and her family (parents) took a PR into their home and made him feel like family. I could never do or say anything against this great Bronx family.

Jose, check your e-mail I sent you a note, I want a copy of that book, should be interesting reading.

You seen to be a kind person, who loved your Angel very much, but life goes on and we must move on, never forget her, keep her memory close to your heart.

Jose, I also am sending you a e-mail about the book, do we get a senior citizen discount? Or a Bronx resident discount?

Geez, you really must have known her really well to get enough information to get it into a book.

Anyway, I'm a curious soul.

How do I get a copy?

Jose, wow, that's all I can say, you did a great job. I now understand WHY, everyone such have such a great friend.

Well I did the best I could, I could have wrote one of those tell all books, but that was not my aim. I owed her a debt of gratitude for all that she had done for me, and I caused alot of pain that never should have been. She was and still is in my eyes one of the finest ladies I ever met and she helped so many other people in her life, without thought or wanting to get back something in return, that was the type of person she was. She is in my heart and soul for all eternity.

Jose, I'm sure that your Angel was a great gal, of course all us girls from the Bronx are great!!!! I wonder if she had lived if she would have still been with her married friend and if they would have rode off into the sunset together or if he would have dumped her anyway.
I think he would have dumped her, and hope that his family never found out.

Jose, live for the future, the past is gone you can't bring her back, but you can keep her memory alive. God Bless you.

You know Suzie, I honestly don't know the answer to that, I do know that she was absolutely nuts about the guy, she was the happiest I had ever seen her, she had big plans for herself and this guy. I know that if he had left his wife for her she would have stood by him no matter what. I only wanted the best for her, if she wanted someone else well I would never stand in her way. She had put into motion several things that would have made life easier for the both of them, unfortunately, he just assumed so much and he never gave her the chance to explain, he walked away without a word and never looked back, he destroyed her, the one person that would have done anything for him, he turned his back and stayed with his "loving" wife and family and let her die.

I don't get it, the guy was married. And you are feeling sorry for her? What about the wife?
Sorry but your angel seems self centered. Maybe she wasn't, but it sounds that way.

Suzie didn't you tell us about the guy you loved that just vanished. Didn't you say he was in love with a singer and when she got sick he left? Maybe this angel is your connection too.

Amazed, I don't know if this guy was playing games with her, I don't think so, I think he got into a situation where he was in love with both of them (his wife) and my Angel. In the end, he tormented her to the point she just wanted it to end. The wife well, yes, she was in the dark??? who knows maybe she knew, maybe not, he didn't care about her (wife) when he was with my Angel. BTW, he originally contacted her and persued her, she didn't go looking for him, he found her and persued her and promised her everything would be all right that they would be together.

Hmmmm, sounds like your Angel had a interesting life, when I knew her she was quiet, shy and half the time you didn't know she was there that's how quiet she was, but she had a killer voice and her whole personality would change when she sang. Sorry that later in life things got so difficult for her, she was really a nice person.