What a beautiful couple! She is just fabulous.

Don't lose hope Ambra.
There is always hope.
Remember your rebels.

Donna

Mixed emotions about Mr. Davis. Positive side- fine actor, strong family man- Burt Reynolds, his co-star on the 1990s series Evening Shade, was effusive in praising him. On the other hand- could be counted on to support the kookiest causes. One of the Hollywood types who steadfastly maintained support of convicted Phila. cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal. In spite of the facts. Or the U.S. Supreme Court refusing to hear his case again.

C'est la vie? Au contraire, Ambra: c'est la morte.

(Sorry, my eight years of French occasionally come back to haunt me... I couldn't resist.)

My father died just a few days after my parents' 50th anniversary. We all knew he hung on to reach that milestone. There is something glorious in such steadfast relationships. They are examples to us all.

They are a great example of making a relationship work through it all!

What struck particularly struck me about Ozzie Davis is that he was married to his wife Ruby Dee for 56 years. Count'em five and six. That's something deserving of praise considering that I just heard some entertainment anchor comment that in Hollywood, "Marriage is the new dating." Let the Davis' be an example.

Amen to that, Ambra! It is so rare for married couples... especially those in Hollywood... to last any longer than 5 years. That is pathetic! I greatly admire Ozzie and Ruby for not living by those standards. What classy people! :)

Of course he was married for 50+ years, he was married to RUBY DEE!

Yeah ... till we find out about the number of mistresses he had during that 'blissful' 56' ... Don't forget, America's favorite father, Bill Cosby, is in the midst of yet another extra-marital scandal. So, are we to assume that just because people don't get divorced, a marriage is successful or blissful? I think not.

It is only the cynical disfunctional mind that would suggest that because a person has been married for 56 years, they had to have had an affair. What a sorry commentary on life!
Advocate

Got some bitterness towards marriage there Qusan? Believe it or not, there Ki>are people who are faithful in their marriages.

Sheesh. This is the stuff america's made of I guess...

No bitterness :-) My aunt and uncle have been married longer than that and aren't as old. I seem to recall hearing some things about their marriage ages ago ... my point is that they stuck it out ... not that it was blissful and perfect and not that there weren't patches where maybe one or both of them may have done some things outside of the marriage. As I've watched some of my adult friends go through serious turmoil over finding out family secrets about their parents (mistresses, children and all kinds of things), I've just gotten a little bit more realistic about what really goes on in waaay too many homes.