Talk:Adele Astaire/Archive 1

Relationship with Brother
As the article says Adele was the more dominant in childhood, I wondered if the article could clarify when Adele began to defer to her brother(Alanr0755 (talk) 11:42, 5 November 2015 (UTC)).

Untitled
Mercedes de Acosta's Wikipedia article states the two of them had a lesbian affair; this article does not mention it. Did it happen or not? F W Nietzsche (talk) 21:06, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

Scottsdale
I am quite sure I have not found the correct place to inform your editors of an error in this lady's biography, but perhaps you might forward this information to the right spot: My comment simply is this - your article states that Adele Astaire died in Tucson, Arizona - actually she died in January of 1981 in what was then called Scottsdale Memorial Hospital, Scottsdale, Arizona (since name changed to Scottsdale Healthcare). I am an R.N. who was assigned to take care of this lady on the night that she died - this was over 30 years ago. I wondered why her brother was not with her as she lay on her death bed - in fact not a soul was in her room except for me - she was in no way suffering but lay quietly sleeping in her hospital bed. She did have an I.V. I was working the evening shift - 3:00 to 11:30 p.m. - and I realized it was a shame for her to breathe her last while all alone, so I stayed in her room after my shift ended for several hours until she died and a doctor in the building came up to her room and actually pronounced her dead. The only other thing I remember is that she looked so well cared for and did not look her age - her hair was curled and her face was very smooth and unlined - another nurse said she must have had frequent facials to have such beautiful skin. What I am saying could be verified at the hospital by asking someone in the record room to look through their microfiche back to the day she died - towards the end of January in 1981.

Diane Mehok Scottsdale, Az. 85251 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.230.45.158 (talk) 06:55, 4 June 2012 (UTC)

Per the discussion at Administrators' noticeboard, here are some possible references that mention Scottsdale, Arizona and Scottsdale Hospital:

Thanks. -- Eclipsed (talk) (COI Declaration) 08:46, 4 June 2012 (UTC)


 * I've changed it. Paul B (talk) 11:58, 4 June 2012 (UTC)

Birth date
No way we can say 1896 based on census records, which are notoriously inaccurate, and NNDB, which is not a reliable source. Her obit indicates 1897, but what's really dispositive is the photo of her tombstone at Findagrave. Coretheapple (talk) 16:11, 9 May 2015 (UTC)

OK, never mind. Changed it back to 1896, as a biography of Fred and Adele says so, and the book is by Oxford University Press and is exhaustively researched, obviously preferable to a newspaper obit or even a tombstone. Coretheapple (talk) 16:23, 9 May 2015 (UTC)