A towering talent has been lost. One of the last queen's of the silver screen. Hepburn died at 2:50 p.m., said Cynthia McFadden, a friend of Hepburn and executor of her estate. Hepburn, who had been in declining health in recent years, died of old age and was surrounded by family, McFadden said. (Full text here (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=3&u=/ap/20030629/ap_on_en_mo/obit_hepburn)) I always saw Ms Hepburn as indestructible. Sort of a stainless steel person from another era. Her own view about her upcoming demise:"I think they're beginning to think I'm not going to be around much longer. And what do you know — they'll miss me, like an old monument. Like the Flatiron Building." and "I'm what is known as gradually disintegrating. I don't fear the next world, or anything. I don't fear hell, and I don't look forward to heaven." She has always shown a sardonic sense of humor that I love. I wish her a good journey, and I do hope she's riding a vintage Harley for the crossing over.

It would suit her.

:m: Peace.

I have nothing but admiration for this ageless human being. She embodied the human spirit in a very special way.

Whether in film, music, painting, or literature... it is humility that sets the great artists apart. We always knew that Hepburn was the real deal. That's why her career lasted for 60+ years.

It is the great ones like Katherine Hepburn that have kept me putting one foot in front of the other all these years. Her love for life came shining through all her work, and it never fails to inspire me.

Bitch didn't leave me one cent! I'll bet Bob Hope didn't leave me anything, either… :D The land left for public use is located to the east of the house's driveway. It is bordered by a crescent-shaped beach that is rocky toward the water and sandy father in. The rest of the land is filled with shrubs, cattails, beach roses and grasses.
The will stipulates the land should go to a federal state or local body or conservation organization for "the benefit of the general public," but Hanson said Hepburn intended for the land to be protected and preserved but not used by the public. The Lynde Point Land Trust hopes to be the recipient of the property. The organization works to keep open space in Fenwick in its natural state. Hepburn also left $10,000 to a tiny church in eastern Maryland where her grandfather, Sewell Hepburn, was a minister. Once again, a classy lady to the end.

:m: Peace.

Originally posted by goofyfish
I wish her a good journey, and I do hope she's riding a vintage Harley for the crossing over.


Wasn't that the point though - that she's NOT looking for a crossing over?

"I don't fear the next world, or anything. I don't fear hell, and I don't look forward to heaven."