The "Poltergeist" star died at 76 today after a series of illnesses. Zelda will forever be loved by the LGBT population for being the first celebrity to do an AIDS PSA campaign -- and a racy one at that! I can still remember sitting near her at the California Pizza Kitchen at the Beverly Center shortly after I moved to Southern California in 1990. My friend Mark and I were waiting for my parents to join us for lunch -- they were driving in from Solvang, where they were vacationing -- when we noticed the diminutive star walk in. Mom and Gary were over an hour late, but seeing Zelda -- my first star sighting in L.A. -- left me struck, and I barely noticed the time. RIP, Zelda.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
RIP, Zelda Rubinstein
The "Poltergeist" star died at 76 today after a series of illnesses. Zelda will forever be loved by the LGBT population for being the first celebrity to do an AIDS PSA campaign -- and a racy one at that! I can still remember sitting near her at the California Pizza Kitchen at the Beverly Center shortly after I moved to Southern California in 1990. My friend Mark and I were waiting for my parents to join us for lunch -- they were driving in from Solvang, where they were vacationing -- when we noticed the diminutive star walk in. Mom and Gary were over an hour late, but seeing Zelda -- my first star sighting in L.A. -- left me struck, and I barely noticed the time. RIP, Zelda.
Zelda's breakout role was in Poltergeist in 1982, and she went to star in other jewels of our childhood including Sixteen Candles, Frances and Teen Witch. Zelda was also a regular on Picket Fences.
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