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This is kinda sad.
TMZ.com reports that 86-year-old Broadway legend Carol Channing had her luggage stolen this afternoon as she was checking into the Hollywood Renaissance Hotel. It is such a bizarre story.
Wouldn't you know it? The damned thief didn't take a bag that included shampoo and stuff. The small black roller bag contained the sparkling "diamond dress" that Channing is wearing in this picture with the Reagans and Rockefellers. Channing famously wore the dress in the role as Lorelei Lee over 700 times in the stage production of "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes."
The valuable dress was scheduled to be photographed and then sent to the Smithsonian for exhibition. Channing is also donating her 1964 Tony award for "Hello Dolly" to the museum but it was in another bag. Channing is in town to perform at the Hollywood Bowl this weekend.
This showbiz legend knows the show must go on...
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