Apparently it was endometrial cancer. This is the one I'll always remember: Julia goes to see Charlene's doctor. JULIA: Dr. Mitchell, I'm Julia Sugarbaker. May I come in? DR. MITCHELL: Yes, but I hope this won't take long. I'm on the staff of three hospitals, and I still have rounds. JULIA: Oh, I understand how very busy you are, and I'll be brief. I've come because I'm a very close friend of Charlene Frazier's. DR. MITCHELL: Charlene Frazier is no longer my patient, so I can't see.... JULIA: Actually I'm not here only for Charlene, but on behalf of all your patients. DR. MITCHELL: I don't understand. JULIA: What I'd like to know is, how many more women do you plan to kill before you retire. DR. MITCHELL: I beg your pardon?! JULIA: You see, I've done a little checking on you, Dr. Mitchell, and I've discovered that Charlene is not the first woman you've told to wait. You said the same thing to another close friend of mine, only at that time I didn't know that you were her physician. Well she trusted you. She waited four months before her breasts had become so misshapen she had to come back, but by then it was too late. DR. MITCHELL: Mrs. Sugarbaker, I don't think I'd like to discuss with you medical judgments which you know nothing about. JULIA: Medical jargon doesn't impress me. I was brought up in a medical family, and my grandfather always said 80% was common sense. There's nothing mysterious about having a lump in your breast. It's simple, when you find one you have it x-rayed or biopsied. I know that. Most physicians know that. What I don't understand is, why don't you know that? DR. MITCHELL: Well, it's obvious to me that you are an emotional and overwrought woman. JULIA: Not emotional, Doctor, I'm just plain mad. Which is why I'm filing charges against you with the state medical board and the AMA. DR. MITCHELL: Well, if you'd like to make a fool of yourself, be my guest, but I can assure you you're in no way qualified to make these judgments. I think this meeting is over. JULIA: I think so too, but as for qualified, neither are you. You don't depend on medicine. Your weapon is intimidation. You're a seemingly kind, benevolent authority figure who tells women to let you do their worrying for them. Well there's just one thing wrong with that, Dr. Mitchell; you don't have to do that dying. Here is a link that might be useful: Dixie Carter cause of death

I liked her, too. I think she wrote an autobiography, because I remember reading about her son's baby carriage getting hit by a car. She went through a lot in her life.

Greetings, Clare, in your time of sorrow ... and dealing with a dilemma, I'm sending sincere condolences on this loss of a close loved one, and for others in your family who are grieving now, plus a prayer that God's grace may see you through with as little stress as possible. Can you call your Mom and talk of various things? Maybe hint around the issue, as she'll almost certainly want to know if you have any news of her brother. You'll know from what she says how much news she's heard. Are there any KT people near her? Especially sensitive, perceptive, empathetic ones? Would it be possible for one of them to tell her, or would that be just an absolute no-no? God give all of you wisdom, strength, courage and peace of heart sufficient for each day. Especially your Mom, that she may not have increased personal problems, especially health-wise, from these difficult events. ole joyful

>>How many of your favorite picks above followed someone else in the role they were perfect for? >> Good point! For instance, Diana Rigg was not MacNee's first partner on The Avengers; Honor Blackman as Cathy Gale was his original partner. Elements of the Gale character carried over into Mrs. Peel's persona, but as the series progressed there was a clearer delineation between the two female characters. When it comes to Fitzwilliam Darcy in P&P, however; much as I love Lawrence Olivier in the old Hollywood movie, Colin Firth still edges him out, I think. BTW, if you enjoy Sally Fields, I've always considered 1991's Soapdish one of her most fun and underrated roles. She's a takeoff on TV soap superstar Susan Lucci and the cast was phenomenal: Kevin Kline, Robert Downey, Jr., Elisabeth Shue, Whoopi Goldberg, Teri Hatcher, Cathy Moriarty, Garry Marshall, Kathy Najimy, and Carrie Fisher! Which reminds me, I loved Whoopi as Guinan in Star Trek Next Generation. When she sticks a fork into "Q"'s hand to emphasize he's now human instead of one of the Q Continuum, we almost fell off our sofa laughing! Hmmm, does this mean that Tribbles are perfectly cast as....themselves?