Jill Clayburgh, who played hopeful and determined women in such '70s and '80s movies as An Unmarried Woman, Starting Over and It's My Turn, died at her Connecticut home on Friday from chronic leukemia, a disease she had quietly for 21 years. She was married to playwright David Rabe. She was 66.
In the winter of 1980 my brother and I went to NYC for president's weekend (at that time it was a four day holiday) Friday & Monday off. We stayed with my cousin - well that weekend was the Night of 100 Stars being held in NYC. We were walking down the street at night and Jill Clayburgh walked right past me - I remember it was her quite distinctly because she had sunglasses on a night. We also saw Richard Dreyfuss - he sat next to us at a play and we saw Ginger Rogers on a corner with fans around her. It was quite a memorable weekend.
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