Hi Lisa,
What a wonderful piece on Franchot, both from you and Andre Soares. His
pre-interview article hit on all the major highlights of Franchot's life and was
extremely well-written and your answers to his questions were expansive and
showed a depth of knowledge about Franchot that I both respect and admire. What
a tremendous prelude to your book.

Lisa, Barbara's book will be out next week (March 12). I have no idea what
sort of reception it is going to get but I do know I did my damndest to tell
her story with the honesty and respect I believe she deserves. As you know,
very few people suffer in their lives as much (or for as long) as Barbara did,
and the saddest part is that if she lived NOW there would be plenty of help
for her! I know that John Payton is at peace with the way I handled his
mother's story so I guess that's all I can really ask for.

Thank you, Lisa, for all the wonderful information you gave me about
Franchot for Barbara's book. I hope you will be pleased with the way I've
documented
the interesting part he played in her life.

Take care,
John
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