Remembering Lily Wheelwright.

After a screening of Orphans at SXSW, I stepped outside for a smoke. Lily Wheelwright came up to me and asked for cigarette. Happily obliging, I apologized for not having any Winstons on me, the brand I'd just seen her smoking on screen. She smiled and lit up and that's the full extent of our acquaintance. Nonetheless, it was a shock when the emails came in with the news of her death on March 22. She was only 24.

Now, Neil Amdur has a bit of background in the New York Times and mentions a memorial service taking place today at the Meeting House of Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims in Brooklyn and a screening of Orphans on April 30 at 10 pm at the IFC Center. I thought that, if you're in New York, you might like to know.

Posted by dwhudson at April 14, 2007 5:35 AM