Lozenge said about 2 years ago or at 7:09PM on Monday, June 7 2010 in television
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OMG - l used to really love that chic.
RIP
How?
I think she'd been ill for some time, hippo.
Oh poor Adriana. She was the original true dinks Tina Sparkle. With better diction.
Someone on Facebook posted 'Can I buy a bowel?'. Tasteless, cruel and kind of funny.
in the slightly too soon category, the channel 10 news compile of clips annoucing her passing have shots of her rather 'eccentric' celebrity big brother appearance bouncing off her turning the wheel of fortune letters of the phrase 'mutton dressed up as lamb'....naughty editors.
She was great. RIP
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I'll have an ''I'' for igloo thanks Basil.
Seriously though, this is sad. I used to open all our kitchen cupboards & pretend to be her. RIP.
I would charge you $50 but...
I think that line brought me fifty dollars of joy. Here's your
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gah!
That looked a lot better in the comments box.
oh, i was just about to say. bravo on the ascii comic strip
Can I have an E please?
She was a very lovely lady. RIP Adriana.
i caught that 'mutton dessed as lamb' clip too, very naughty.
overdose of vowelium.
Can anyone explain the ''Egg-zenides'' pronunciation? Is it just Aussie ignorance, like the American ''Charles EGG-zavier'' in the X-men movies? Did she pronounce it that way herself?
Looks like she'd been suffering from a variety of things for a while.
From Woman's Day, Feb 22nd 2010:
''Alone and in terrible pain, the former game show host has suffered five heart attacks. Adriana tells Glen Williams how her faithful companion came to the rescue.
For years, as the undisputed queen of quiz show Wheel Of Fortune, Adriana Xenides turned as many heads as she did letters. But now, she says, her life is a daily battle of pain and heartache.
Indeed, the former TV beauty reveals she is lucky to be alive after suffering five heart attacks in the past two years.
And her only consolation is her ever-present best friend, Red, a sprightly whippet she credits with rescuing her after a collapse.
''Red saved my life,'' she tells Woman's Day. ''I collapsed at home recently. The pain associated with my condition was so excruciating I passed out.
''When I woke up, it was dark, so some time had elapsed. I could see two gold eyes watching me and in my mouth was a wet dish cloth. I traced the marks across the floor and I couldn't believe what Red had done. She'd grabbed the dish cloth, dunked it in her water bowl, then come and put it in my mouth so I wouldn't be dehydrated. It's just amazing. I'm only here because of her.''
Adriana says her health woes began with a mysterious gastro-intestinal disorder that saw her abdomen repeatedly swell to the size of that of a heavily pregnant woman. And she says she is now in constant pain following an operation to totally remove her large intestine — surgery which left her on life support and not expected to make it.''
just heard a sad story about that dog. apparently it died early this year, and she had just bought a new dog a few weeks ago. poor little puppy now needs a new home.
Loved Adriana. RIP lady.
I was sad to hear this. She always lit up the screen.
There's a rock musical called Xenides about her life and death. I didn't realise she had even died, sad end. Two Montero songs from the musical here.