Because she was tough, funny, smart and stylish.
Because she titled her autobiography Life is a Banquet.
Because she is Auntie Mame.
Because her eponymous cocktail (two parts Aquavit, one part Noilly Prat) was also created by her. She contributed the recipe to the Stork Club Bar Book in 1946; it's now numbered among the "101 Cocktails that Shook the World."
Because she was one of seven children (check: Catholic) from a Waterbury, CT family, and if you've been to Waterbury--or even driven near it--you realize what a feat it is to escape at all, much less escape in fabulous heels and shiny brooches.
Because she was a dame.
(Image of Rosalind Russell's grave courtesy of www.seeing-stars.com)
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