Barbra’s recollection of the day President Kennedy died
November 19, 2013, 8:00am

“I had just gone to pick up the first serious piece of antique jewelry I ever bought– a beautiful Edwardian choker. It was a lot of money for me to spend ($750,) but I was doing ‘Funny Girl’ on Broadway, so I could afford it. In the shop, we heard that the President was gone. I was so stunned and devastated that I got in a cab to go home. Driving through Central Park, I suddenly passed Elliott Gould.. my husband at the time.. sitting on a bench. How did he get there? It was like out of a dream. I stopped the cab, and we just held each other. I never could wear that necklace.”

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