Los Angeles remembers its flute philanthropist
RIPVariety reports the death, aged 97, of Ginny Mancini, widow of the composer Henry Mancini.
While Henry, whom she married in 1947, wrote Moon River and won four Oscars, Ginny founded the Society of Singers and endowed the principal flute chair at the Los Angeles Philharmonic, becoming a close friend of its incumbent Dennis Bouriakov, as well as James Galway and other instrumental stars.
Not just the “widow of Henry Mancini” but she was active as a pop singer before marrying him.
It might not be well known but Henry Mancini started out as a flute player. His autobiography, “Did They Mention the Music?,” is great fun to read.
Back in the day (late 1970s) on “Evening At Pops,” his opening number when he first came on was to play Flight of the Bumblebee on alto flute.
Bless her, such a face that full of Love!
Very good facelift, for once. Nice-looking lady.
Don’t be a dick. Shame on you.
Why so aggressive? This very beautiful lady has clearly had a facelift, and a very good one at that. We all know this kind of operation is not always a roaring success, but hers clearly was.
You were commenting on something that is probably true. So was SMH.
And you are who, exactly, to pass judgement on someone you don’t know?