*As I hope you will recall, ‘Fly’ – the play that honors the Tuskegee Airmen, is currently running at the Pasadena Playhouse through February 21. I was invited to a rehearsal prior to the play’s opening, and got the opportunity to speak with the cast of ‘Fly,’ the director and writer of the play, and Joan Williams, the widow of Capt. Robert “Bob” W. Williams.
Capt. Williams, , who passed away from prostate cancer in 1997, was one of the original Tuskegee Airmen, and an HBO television movie on the men was inspired by him, and played by Laurence Fisburne.
Mrs. Williams is a sight to behold. At 83-years-old she is a true beauty–inside and out. And the picture and pillar of strength, I might add.
With an interesting story of her own, based on an event that occurred in 1958, I approached Mrs. Williams wanting to know what her experience was like riding on a float in the 2015 Rose Bowl parade.
Her response.
“You really want to know?”
I couldn’t get my recorder turned on fast enough!
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