Tova Borgnine is DEAD TO ME!

She died on the 26th! How did we miss this?

She used to be so much fun on QVC - plus remember in the 80s and 90s her wigs were advertised everywhere! She had a signature scent that was popular several years ago. Geez - all of my campy favorites are dying off. If something happens to Ruta Lee I think that I will take to my bed!!

It is like losing Lady Di all over again.

I remember being a kid and getting very excited when my grandma would receive her HARRIET CARTER catalog in the mail of which La Borgnine's hair pieces were prominently featured.

Who will sell me my TOVA Nights Eau de Parfum?

I believe her hair caught Covid.

Ruta is going strong and looks great. Just saw her in Palm Springs.

And not a minute too soon.

[quote]If something happens to Ruta Lee I think that I will take to my bed!!

Won't you have to get out of it first?

She was a classy lady, that's for sure. Ol' Ernie did good when he hooked that one.

I'm still alive, bitches.

And my husband was NOT a homosexual.

I've never heard of her. But I'm in deep mourning.

Did Ernie dutch oven her like he did to the Merm?

She definitely had cancer. She had that similar look of Jackie Collins.

I love Tova's fragrances. I hope they keep making them.

I’m the Ruta Lee fan - (I wasn’t in bed - just contemplating my ‘costume’ of the day!) I’m glad to hear that Ruta is happy and well. I know her husband died not too long ago. I have watched her interview show on you tube. I enjoy her talks with Ann Jillian. I believe they bond over being Lithuanian. …… Tovah’s wonderful perfume stopped being a hit when it had to be reformulated - No kidding - the secret ingredient used to be secretion for feline anal glands - or please - correct me if I’m wrong….

I used to see her all the time on Rodeo or with the ladies that lunch. That face was as tight as a Marine Corp bunk bed. You could bounce a quarter off that face. What a broad!!!!

Eu de Feline anal glans…..the things you learn only on the DL!!!!!!

Remember, she succeeded Ethel Merman as Ernest's wife, and so her task was to out-perform the memory Ethel in the bedroom. Her challenge was enormous.

If no one else wants her wig collection, then I'll take it.

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I always got her mixed up with Tovah Feldshuh.

The richer and more self satisfied they are, the less the face moves.

Hard act to follow.

Here was Ernie's first wife and they look like they belong together.

Listen, I was married to Ernie Borgnine too...

for a few minutes

She's better off dead

[quote] Hard act to follow.

Actually, no. Anything would be better than this.

Ernest shares the One Weird Secret to his long, happy marriage to Tova.

I remember a gossip columnist describing Tova in a restaurant as "wrasslin' with a scallop the size of a basketball."

Side Note: Wow, R5. I haven't seen Mary Beth Roe in ages. She's STILL at QVC? According to a search, she's 62. She's definitely one of the longest serving hosts.

She's with Ernie and Mama now. She always gave them a shout out when she ended a show on QVC.