I loved Shelley Duvall!
Where were the photos from her later years?
I love those photos of Shelley, too.
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I felt a kinship with Duvalls off-centeredness, and a sense of hope.
Shelley Duvall later in life
Ah, theres an interesting example!
Take a minute and search Donald Sutherland death on Instagram or Google news.
Shelley Duvall later in life
What an array of photos you will find!
There he is onEsquirelooking distinguished and gray.
There he is onYahoo, looking distinguished and gray and staring off into the distinguished distance.
And that is what we owe Shelley Duvall.
Soon my skin wont look like this ever again!
I, a wizened crone of 48, scolded.
How do you think that makesmefeel?
Oh Im not talking about YOU, she said.
Even though I subjected her to a mini lecture, I know what she means.
Her generation is terrified theyre aging like milkof course they are.
Your best era to one day immortalize.
You would never believe it unless it happens to you.
Thats why you get hurt, because you cant really believe its true.
Shelley Duvall was unforgettable.
She was a beauty.
But she was those things as a 20-something starandas a 75-year-old survivor of the Hollywood machine.
What are the photos I hope show up at my funeral?
The ones where Im young and hot?
But just those photos wouldnt tell the whole story.
My dear, sweet, wonderful life partner and friend left us.
Fly away, beautiful Shelley, he said.
She looks like a 74-year-old woman.
She looks like herself.
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