Monday, June 05, 2006

Ava Gardner lived life 'like a rocket'

Hollywood screen legend Ava Gardner was born near Smithfield in 1922, and today the Johnston County town honors her with a museum. (A very good museum at that.)

Now, there is a book devoted to telling the story of Gardner's rise to motion picture fame and her tumultuous marriages and love affairs.

"Lee Server devoted three years to the 500-page Ava Gardner: 'Love Is Nothing,' plus 51 pages of sources, an index and other reference material," said the Associated Press.

"Speaking from his New Jersey home, Server said the research took him on the road 'since Ava's trail goes all over the world,' including Madrid, London, her birthplace in North Carolina, Hollywood and Puerto Vallarta -- 'she put that place on the map when she made Night of the Iguana there.'"

Read more here.

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