RE 'Pushing, Pushing' a poem from Histories of Souls copyright WARD KELLY

WARD KELLEY's note: Judy Garland was the assumed name
of Frances Gumm (1922-1969).  She made her stage debut at 
age three, spent several years in vaudeville, then at thirteen 
signed a contract with MGM.  She made many memorable
movies, most famous of which was The Wizard of Oz,
in which she played a role originally intended for Shirley 
Temple. 
      Garland's personal life was usually in turmoil.  The studio 
put her on diet pills, and before long she also needed pills
to sleep and others to stay awake.  By age twenty-one she
was seeing a psychiatrist regularly.\
	Judy Garland married five times, and endured several
 career disasters.  On June 22, 1969, she was found dead 
on the floor of her London apartment, the coroner 
attributing her death to an accidental overdose of sleeping
pills.  Actor Ray Bolger, the scarecrow from Oz, commented,
 "She just plain wore out."

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