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The view from Arthur Rankin's home as we had dinner in Bermuda.

Olga Rankin and I at Arthur's life celebration in Bermuda.

ARTHUR RANKIN'S 90th Birthday Party

 Denise and I had the pleasure of attending ARTHUR RANKIN'S 90th Birthday party at the MID OCEAN CLUB in Bermuda on July 19th.  I had a bit of a meltdown during my speech :)

Arthur didn't want a somber funeral/wake.  He wanted a huge party with his closest friends and family.

That is Arthur's wife Olga with the white purse.  She put all of this together with great success :)  That is Arthur's friend Ross Perot to the right of her in the white jacket, who was sitting right in front of me during my speech.

We sat at the SMOKEY BEAR table :)

Arthur's son Todd wore a costume from THE BUSHIDO BLADE.  He knew his father would have liked that.

Arthur had so many sweet friends, many from Bermuda and some out-of-towners.  We made friends with so many of them :)

Congratulations to Olga Rankin!

Arthur's wife, the beautiful and talented Olga, formally qualified as a lawyer on Friday. The one-time actress, a major star in '70s/early '80s Euro-cinema but who is perhaps best known on this side of the Pond for playing Prince's mother in "Purple Rain", became the oldest newly-qualified barrister and attorney ever admitted to the Bermuda Bar. A case of when doves fly, I suppose ... ;)

THANKS to Tim Hodgson from Bermuda for passing this NEWS along :)

www.bernews.com/2010/10/65-year-old-called-to-bermuda-bar/