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I had lunch with Ms. Billingsley back in '86 or so in the American Restaurant here in Kansas City. She was as elegant in person as she was on TV. The strand of pearls was there even at lunch. I was struck at how down to earth she was. The next week the wife and I attended the dinner playhouse where she was starring and after the play she came out and waved to us. Just a classy person. Her passing is indeed sad.