with her absolute favorite comedian, joan rivers.

had to note re: loss of one of our long longtime idols. really special: a genius and genuinely nice. 13 year old jody and his hero…..

with her very favorite athlete, larry bird.

with her all-time, every morning radio fave, rick dees. when he put out a parody song, he’d send her a tape. still have ‘em.

with caroline, only one there allowed a pic. lady in background is secret service.

with garrison keillor, her favorite humorist writer/storyteller.

with her favorite non-fiction mystery writer ann rule at a booksigning in seattle.

with paul senior, the star of jody’s six seasons on american chopper.

with childhood faves, roy rogers and dale evans. i messed up pic.

with sue grafton, her favorite fiction mystery writer.

with the star of her favorite comedy show, ray romano, in her library.

phyl’s absolute favorite celebrity was bill clinton. she corresponded with him about his pets. here’s his (or his ghostwriter’s) last letter.

never got one of phyl and her absolute fave, clinton, but here’s one before he spoke to adam. adam says he learned to talk with everyone from his mom.

with ray bradbury, a friend. their letters are hilarious.