"The sicker mother got, the stranger the people surrounding her became. I called them The Garland Freaks."

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"The sicker mother got, the stranger the people surrounding her became. I called them The Garland Freaks."

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"I spent an entire evening seated between Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, being charmed from either side. It was pure Hollywood magic."

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"Instead of joyfully looking forward to my birth, my mother began systematically preparing for her own death. She was fatalistic."

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"People are always asking me what it's like to be Judy Garland's daughter. It's hard to be a legend's child."

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