“Gabriel [Her Husband] had participated in other [gay wedding] ceremonies just like that. We are very close with Michael [Feinstein]…he was part of all of the


parties and really part of the family, so it just worked out beautifully that Gabriel was able to participate in that ceremony with them.”


Many of us fondly remember when singing sensation Debby Boone first delivered the heartfelt 1977 smash-hit, “You Light Up My Life” and instantly rose to fame when the hit held the number-one slot for ten weeks, selling 4 million copies. If that weren’t enough the song went on to win an Academy Award for Best Song in a Motion Picture, and received the Grammy Award for Best New Artist of the Year. Since then, she has won two additional Grammy Awards and has received seven nominations. In September 2008’s Billboard Magazine’s Hot 100 All-Time-Charting Topping Songs, it ranked number 7! Not too long after, in September of 1979, Debby married


LIGHT CONTINUES TO SHINE!


BOONE’S by tony reverditto 16 RAGE monthly | MAY 2012 DEBBY


Gabriel Ferrer. Like Boone, Ferrer was also a member of a well-known Hollywood family; he is the son of José Ferrer, a Puerto Rican actor with an Academy Award, as well as a theater and film director. He married mega-star, Rose- mary Clooney and the rest is Hollywood royalty history. If not for Debby’s deep admiration of late mother-in-


law, legendary singer/actress Rosemary Clooney who passed in 2002, Reflections of Rosemary a may not have come to be. She has assembled a collection of 14 jazzy numbers thoughtfully selected for their significance in her life with Clooney and not necessarily their popularity. Ironically, Boone was also led by Clooney’s Musical Direc- tor John Oddo for the tribute CD and touring stage show. In addition to her recording career, Debby’s starring


roles on Broadway include Seven Brides for Seven Broth- ers, the role of Maria in Lincoln Center’s 30th Anniversary production of The Sound of Music and as Rizzo in Grease. Debby toured nationally in Meet Me in St. Louis, and per- formed the role of Anna in the 50th Anniversary staging of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s, The King and I.


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