Carol Channing, 82, Marries Childhood Sweetheart
Mon May 12, 2003 09:41 AM ET
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Carol Channing, the 82-year-old actress best known for her role in the Broadway musical 'Hello, Dolly' married her childhood sweetheart, the San Francisco Chronicle reported on Sunday.
'I thought she was dead,' was the reaction of the groom, Modesto, California land developer Harry Kullijian, 83, when he heard Channing might like to hear from him. 'She still had the same spark. I just knew it was the right thing to do.'
The ceremony in a San Francisco suburb on Saturday was the fourth marriage for Channing and the second for the groom.
Kullijian and Channing were junior high school sweethearts at San Francisco's Aptos Junior High School, until Channing's mother ended the relationship because she thought her daughter was too forward, the newspaper reported.
In her recent autobiography, 'Just Lucky, I guess,' Channing wrote: 'The leader of the school band was Harry Kullijian. I was so in love with Harry; I couldn't stop hugging him.'
A mutual friend read the book and called Kullijian, who thought Channing had died. After a brief meeting in February at Channing's California home, the couple became engaged and set the date for Mother's Day weekend.
The brief ceremony took place at a private home before about three dozen family members and friends. Channing wore a cream pantsuit and carried a bouquet of white roses.
Stormsfury..It's never too late for love!
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Just for those who may have given up on love...
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Isn't that sweeeeeet (he says in a very sarcastic voice)
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Truly, that is a nice story
Stormsfury, God has someone waiting for you, a *special* someone that will come along when you LEAST expect it, trust me on this one
After a failed marriage of 13 years, 2 kids, I dated a few times, SHEEEESH, I don't EVER want to have to do THAT again
I had completly given up on ever finding that *someone special, your soulmate, your TRUE love* until one day, the BEST day of my entire life, when Michelle and I's path crossed, she *IS* my true soulmate! Hang in there buddy, maybe your trying too hard, sit back and I GAR-UN-TEE, like I said, when you LEAST expect it, right before your eyes will appear that ONE!
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