Liz Smith | 06/03/2009 11:00 pm
Liz Smith Gossips About Malcolm Forbes's Funeral
In response to: What is the best funeral you ever attended? Tell us why
The best funeral I ever attended was for Malcolm Forbes in the Cathedral of St. Bartholomew, the finest Byzantine church in America.
Sirio Maccioni of Le Cirque restaurant did the seating and I was sandwiched in on the aisle sitting second row next to Brooke Astor. Pretty soon Richard Nixon was seated right in front of us and soon after that Elizabeth Taylor was seated next to the former president. We all chatted and whispered with each other before they had some guys in red coats blow trumpets and the service began. Malcolm would have loved it. It was better even than his 70th birthday party, which I also attended only months before in Morocco.
Sirio Maccioni of Le Cirque restaurant did the seating and I was sandwiched in on the aisle sitting second row next to Brooke Astor. Pretty soon Richard Nixon was seated right in front of us and soon after that Elizabeth Taylor was seated next to the former president. We all chatted and whispered with each other before they had some guys in red coats blow trumpets and the service began. Malcolm would have loved it. It was better even than his 70th birthday party, which I also attended only months before in Morocco.
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