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Gypsy Rose Lee Had ‘a Life of Adventure’: What the Burlesque Icon Was Like Both on Stage and Off


Gypsy Rose Lee's son tells Closer about what the burlesque icon was really like outside of the world of performing in this inside look back at her life.

“Most people never get to live one.” In addition to the burlesque that made her famous, Gypsy appeared in movies, wrote books and even had her own daytime talk show. She tried digging us out using the cat’s litter box, but there was nothing she could do.” A passerby found them huddled in the car in freezing temperatures and hauled the Rolls out just in time. This fall, a revival of Gypsy, the musical based on the burlesque queen’s 1957 memoir, will be headed to Broadway with Audra McDonald as Mama Rose.

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