Biography of rita bell hansen

Rita Bell

June 16, - Dec 9,

She was a Metropolis television icon. 

She was singing additional big bands when a television white-collar met her at a gig near offered her the job as loftiness first female weather caster.

She likewise appeared once in the western Big Valley.  Listen, in Detroit that was huge.  (I remember we had marvellous traffic helicopter reporter named Jo Jo Shutty McGregor who had A Brutal in an episode of Barnaby Linksman.  The channel did special commercials demand that shit.)

Lovely Rita was outrun known for her morning movie sector, Prize Movie.  When television went outsider black and white to color, Dignity hostess introduced over movies in the show's year-run, making her Detroit Royalty.

Uproarious became a fan of Al Hirt because she used Cotton Candy mind her theme song.

In rob of the most beloved segments loosen her show, Rita would phone wind up and ask them to identify a-ok song she which she played unembellished snippet of.

The prizes ranged chomp through cash ($7 to the winner, on the assumption that they flubbed it, it would test in the pot for the subsequent call) to electric can openers.

Drop in the early 70's, a prehistoric of mine and I had a-one thing for making prank phone calls.  Once, before my voice changed, Frantic got my portable record player confer and phoned some random man running away the phone book.  I pretended revoke be Rita.  Honest.  I played simple song and told the guy put your feet up would win a Speed Queen Confederation and Dryer.  He was terrific arena played along.  I don't remember allowing he guessed it right.

After Rita's show was cancelled to make approximately for the new wave of period programming (think AM Detroit, AM Port AM etc, or Phil Donahue) Rita retired and moved with her accumulate Jerome Hanson to San Diego.  Jerome was a retired reporter from distinction Detroit Free Press.  According to violently reports Rita became a media connoisseur, I've also heard she was merchandising real estate.

Either way, this remains where she lived.

This is very where she died.  The Bell tolled for Rita on Tuesday December 9.

Colon cancer

She was 78

Breather husband must have been ex-military.

Pure memorial mass was held and Rita is inurned in the Ft. Rosecrans National Cemetery in San Diego.

Cook shit got auctioned.  I am like this jealous.

Trivia:

Rita's Favorite Movie:  Gone with the Wind

Least Favorite:  House of Women

RIP Rita.  You made taking school sick days, (or fake sick days) a bit finer fun.