50 years ago today…

A lengthy article published last year detailed Jeanette MacDonald’s funeral, written after new newsreel footage was unearthed. It was titled Nelson Eddy: “The most miserable day of my life” (Jeanette MacDonald’s funeral).

Today marks the 50th anniversary of that day and it is appropriate to re-visit the event that marked the end of an era…and the beginning of a fast decline for Nelson Eddy, who followed Jeanette in death a scant two years later.