I noticed Aretha's hair at the tennis opening.....:( I can't believe her....my little niece (age 4) could put it on better than that.

I heard on the radio the other day that Toni Braxton is pregnant again already. Anyone else hear this info?

I heard that LaWanda Page died Saturday 9-14-02 from complications of diabetes. She was 81.

If you don't recognize her name, she played Aunt Esther on Sanford and Son.

LaWanda Page was very raunchy but sooo funny. How sad to hear about her passing. :(

OH NO, AUNT ESTHER!! :(

"Watch it sucka!! " will also be my favorite line from S & S. That one and fish eyed fool!

You just made me laugh with the "fish eyed fool" statment.

I'm trying to figure out why this didn't make the papers or anything.... :confused:

It made the Los Angeles Times
 

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http://www.latimes.com/news/printedi...e17sep17.story
OBITUARIES
LaWanda Page, 81; Actress Played Aunt Esther in 'Sanford and Son'
By MYRNA OLIVER
TIMES STAFF WRITER

September 17 2002

LaWanda Page, comedic character actress best known for her role as the Bible-thumping Aunt Esther in the 1970s television hit "Sanford and Son," has died. She was 81.

Page died Saturday in Centinela Hospital in Los Angeles of complications from diabetes.

"LaWanda lived the life she loved, and loved the life she lived," said Donald Welch, who wrote and directed a comedy gospel musical in which Page starred, "Take It to the Lord ... Or Else." He said Page had often used the phrase as a soothing accolade when close friends died.

Born in Cleveland and reared in St. Louis, Page began her career as a dancer and chorus girl billed as "the Bronze Goddess of Fire." She soon became adept at stand-up comedy.

But her greatest fame began in her 50s, when childhood friend Redd Foxx asked her to join his Norman Lear sitcom adapted from the British series "Steptoe and Son." Page signed on as Fred Sanford's crusty sister-in-law, Esther Anderson, in 1973 and stayed until the series ended with Foxx's departure in 1977.

As proprietor of the run-down Sanford Arms rooming house next door to Sanford's junkyard, Aunt Esther was constantly at odds with Fred over his lifestyle, his business and how he treated his grown son, Lamont, played by Demond Wilson.

Page perfected the persona of a righteous, elderly woman who more than stood up for herself. She reprised the Aunt Esther role in two short-lived "Sanford and Son" spinoffs, "The Sanford Arms" in 1977 and Foxx's own "Sanford" in 1980. She also made guest appearances on Foxx's variety show, "The Redd Foxx Comedy Hour" in 1977.

Again as a mouthy matriarch, Page was a regular in another brief sitcom, "Detective School" in 1979, as one of the unlikely students trying to become a private eye. Similarly, she was Ma, owner of the cops' favorite neighborhood restaurant in the brief 1980 series "B.A.D. Cats" (an acronym for Burglary Auto Detail, Commercial Auto Thefts), starring a little-known Michelle Pfeiffer as a police officer.

Page also appeared in such films as 1982's "Zapped!" and Ice Cube's "Friday" in 1995 and had guest roles on such television series as "Family Matters," "In Living Color" and "Martin."

In recent years, Page also made television commercials, including a well-received one for Atlanta-based Church's Fried Chicken. To tout the chain's honey-buttered biscuits, she was seen humorously milking a "bumblecow" that was adorned with bee's wings and antennae, then deadpanning into the camera, "Hey, it could happen."

Page is survived by her daughter, Clara Johnson, of Los Angeles, and sister, Lynn Hamilton.

Funeral arrangements are pending.

Copyright 2002 Los Angeles Times

aunt ester will be missed!

It was in our paper today. :(

I read on another board that Toni was preggers.

On Monday night I heard that J-Lo was pregnant by Ben Affleck and they are planning a wedding in Puerto Rico. My suite-mate said that this was on the news. :eek:

I can't believe Ben got caught out there. I really hope his story isn't true.

And to think that the J.Lo-Ho could have had Sean Combs' baby.
:rolleyes:

Toni Braxton PREGNANT BABY 2
 

Hey you guys,
Toni is going the Anita Baker route. What I mean but that is that she is pregnant by her husband Kerry Lewis (i think that's his name of Mint Condition). I am happy for Toni, but I bet the folks at Arista are saying "dayum, toni...you're fixing to put your career aside?".
I heard this on the radio this morning!

Look y'all J-Lo is just using what she got to get what she wants! Can't hate on that.

At least Ben Affleck is better looking than Puffy's rodent-looking self, lol and I DOUBT that this Hahvuhd man will get her arrested anytime soon.

You can check the news out on Toni on
http://www.toni-online.com/