| Show 1 SCOTT'S WALTER Personality Parade Want the facts? Op Woo? Dune Witte Waiter Scott Box 5001 Grand Central Station New York NY Q Iof RI name wil be used Was diteraise requested Sylvia Plath recog nized as one of the finest poets °four time left an estranged husband Ted Hughes and two young children when she committed suicide in 1963 at age 30 What became of Ted and the children? Did s either child inherit Plath's Wohlwend genius?--Ju- dy Pialk illemble frit feminists Knoxville Tenn keep reading that Dana Delany former star TV's "China Beach" is trying to make the Q I! leap to the big screen In your opinion does she have the right stur—Paul Donahue Beverly Mass AIf beauty brains and daring still count in - Hollywood Dana Delany 35 could become a big star Paired this summer with Steve Martin in the comedy "Housesitter" and with Willem Dafoe in the drama "Light Sleeper" this versatile actress already is a hot property in Tinseltown But she hasn't given up on TV Dana says because "it lets women do things they rarely get to do in movies—like star in them" To prove her point she signed on to play a femme fatale in "Wild Palms" a miniseries about the movie industry produced by Oliver Stone 101634001 Plath's daughter Frieda now 32 be- painter and writer Plath's son Nicholas 30 is a marine biologist in Alaska After her unt timely death the author of the autobiographical novel "The Bell Jar" and more than 250 poems bez came a heroine to the feminist movement Some fans apparently ignoring the fact that Plath was suicidal for her last 10 years blame Ted Hughes for the tragedy Hughes now 61 and Britain's Poet Laureate has rejected that charge and called it the "fantasia" of Plath's cult of followers Incidentally Molly Ringwald has been mentioned for the role of Plath in "Rough Magic" a film biography of the poet Volans of man makes person4 reales impossille Someone told me that when Magic Johnson's wife Cookie gave birth last month the doc- tors found that—despite all their optimistic prognostications—the infant was carrying the AIDS virus True -11 Friedman Fort Lauderdale Fla ?- Not so Earvin Johnson HI was born June 4 Cl in excellent health Neither infant nor mother was infected with HIV the virus that causes AIDS A i ' i - 417' ? Z - I - - ASylvia -- of r"7:i QI can't find much information on Mike Myers of "Saturday Night Live" and the hit movie "Wayne's World" Where did he get his start?— Caroline Kalphat Hialeah Fla Delany and Martin in Housesitter More opportunity on TV Q My friend says the real genius behind Donald's wasn't chairman Ray Kroc who died in 1984 but a pair of obscure brothers named McDonald Can this be true?--1- P Middlebury Vt Mc-- Myers—like Dan Aykroyd and many AMike on "Saturday Night Live" before him— got his start as a member of the Second City comedy troupe in Toronto his hometown Shortly after join ing SNL in 1989 Myers 4 I 29 introduced the char1 I acter Wayne A Richard McDonald 82 and his late brother Maurice known as "Mac" opened their first restaurant in 1940 in California and created the famous golden arches But Ray Kroc a true visionary in the field of business must get the credit for making McDonald's a worldwide name up there with Coca-Coand Mickey Mouse Richard and Mac sold out to Kroc and his associates in 1961 for $27 million—which seems a tidy sum until you learn that last year the McDonald's Corp raked in $7 billion Campbell the ri party dude who's the host of a cableTV show in his basement With his sidekick Dana Carvey Myers is plotting a sequel to "Wayne's Myers as party dude Wayne girls" and proper respect for older peopleNod I heavy-met- N Cl ''''60 '- ''i': ffilA -' al World"—which naturally will feature "babe-ilicio- la us -s '''k41'1‘ Mr and Mrs Johnsom Proud parents made a Utile Magic Q I've always admired illusionist David Cop- petfield When did he first get interested in magic? Where was he brought up? Is Copperfield really his name?—Cheri Beene Chattanooga Tenn A Copperfield—born 4 David Kotkin 35 i years ago in Metuchen NJ —began his career as "Da-vin- o it The Boy Magician" He was so good that at 12 he became the youngest person ever admitted to the Society of American Magicians While still a teenager he taught a course in magic at New York Unibut" Success' CaPPerneld: versity Despite all his sue- cess however Copped-mi-d wishes he could have been a rock singer "I'm convinced you can teach anybody how to do anything—except sing" he says lamenting that there is no way to conjure up a musical voice Guess he never heard of Milli Vanilli Cada Vittorio' EDITOR Wear Anderson PRESIDENT Frank McNulty SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT Milton liebensan VICE PRESIDENT KEW Wallace Lany Smith DIRECTOR OF DESIGN ka Volta EDITOR AT LARGE Lloyd Shearer SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Eddie Adams EXECIMVE EDITOR David Cornier SENIOR EDITORS Sara Barowsky Fran &weeder Herbert Itarderberg Gael McCarthy Bosnia St WNW COPY EDITOR Walla Malan ART DIRECTOR Man Weald PHOTO EDITOR Miriam Lorentzen COMMUTING EDITORS Diane Ackerman Cleveland Amery Lim Blida James Brady Jane Clabatiati Haskell Cohen Bob Colacdo Ovid Demme Bernard Gam David lidearstam Larry L Dm Edward Klein Moor Klein-- kia Love Peter Maas Nonnan Mailer Lynn Minton WWI Monts Mcleod O'Shea Dotson Rader Michael Real Call Sagan M Santa EilorWo— Scott –Tom Gail Sheehy Tod &Ws:Makes TolTh Michael VerMeelem David Wpm Wallechimiry Laity Monmouth LIFESTYLES EDITOR Maaketh Gaynor SENIOR DEMON ASSOCIATES lay Jackson Childs Joseph Barbara Walsh ASSISTANT EDITOR Reale Keller ARTICLES CORRESPONDENT Awl Siva WASHINGTON Jack koknos booms What' Binstela CONSULTING EDITORS Sop Classier John Freak ASSISTANTS Melissa Arad MAUI Mho" Roberta Calor Anita Gesa Ronald M Rimy GWa Ingrasein Lau Leventhal lea Mods Susan Pikwaa Patricia Wolf FOOD EDITORS Mean taking and Jules Rosso REALM EDITOR Earl Uhell SPORTS EDITOR Dick Situp PUBLISHER EMERITUS names J Reynolds PUBLISHER PARM)E® THE SUNDAY NEWSPAPER MAGAZINE JULY 12 1992 Address editorial contributions to: Articles Parade 750 Ida Ave New York NY 10017 Although soasowthis care nil betoken Parade is not responsible tor unsolicited materiaL MANAGING EDITOR a did Mad mama eisez rims Pubkolkets 105011rf kis Neu York NI 10017MI lib mom& loprodectiso I Wish (Rh geld mg alde abed gamobsin I prohibit gibe Woe awns Womb Maks lat bottle we riditond badonatis of Parade hipikailos be Valet kotri Pononlig hada" "Poismalty Parade owl VAPAIIV 41aisle Parads”011 Paolo? 91100110"" at Pm Pitatabonk lot Istilitsko boor an Iralends PAGE 2 AMY 12 1992 PARADE MAGAZINE |
