> > > Oh, no.  Bless his heart.  Now didn't he remarry after Jessica
died?
> > >  I thought that was rather odd, but . . .
> >
> > Yeah -- he married in 96, Tandy died in 94. I thought it a little
odd
> > too considering the number of years he and Jessica Tandy had been
> > married, but evidently he'd known the other woman for a great many
> > years,
>
> He married Susan Cooper (author of the Dark Is Rising series and
> many others)
>
> Why would it be "odd" that he married again two years after his wife's
> death? I thought it was evidence of how some people manage to live so
> long - they never stop being alive.
>
> He had a right to seek happiness, companionship, and comfort. There's
> nothing odd in that.
>
> Laurie more power to him Phoenix

Not odd in the sense there was something wrong with it... I could
easilly
see why someone who's had a "great love" would find another...
it's just not "common" for people of that age, after such a relationship
as he
had with Tandy, that "only" two years later he would marry again. Then
again, there are ways of looking at it that make it perfectly obvious
he'd
marry again. Guess I just didn't go with one of those when first typing
about it

To my way of thinking it's no tribute to Jessica if his life stopped
when hers did. There were things she wanted to do yet, that he did. If
he'd called up in a ball after she'd died, he would never have done
them.
That he was so "alive" was one of the things Jessica loved about him for
all those years. That he remained alive enough to be open to new
opportunities, to be able to love again, to take a chance on marriage
when he was already a senior, is proof that he didn't stop being who she
loved.
To me, that was much more romantic and touching than it would have been
if he'd gone into seclusion and spent the rest of his days alone,
lonely, and moaning.

Laurie he was Canadian, you know Phoenix


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