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Travel: Lovely Paris

In The Springtime

Food: Shabbat Dinner

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For Empty Nesters

Sp orts: Southfield

Skaters Take The Stage

Gilda's
Legacy

Gilda Radner's dream
has come to life
in Royal Oak,
helping families
deal with cancer.

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LISA BRODY
Special to The Jewish News _

Geri Lester
,
has taken a v*:
long road to
Gilda's Club.

he theme of Gilda's Club is no one

should have' to face cancer alone.
Now, no one will have to. Gilda's
Club has a home.
Gilda Radner, comedian and former Detroiter,
a member of the inaugural group of NBC's "Sat-
urday Night Live," suffered from ovarian cancer
for 2 1/2 years and lost her battle in May 1989. At
the time, she lived in both California and Con-
necticut.
• When she was in California, she benefited
enormously from the Wellness Community, a
cancer support group. "Gilda found it liberating,
because she was not alone," says her brother,
Michael. Radner, a resident of Southfield. When
she would return to Connecticut, she was very
frustrated because there were no similar support -
groups there.
"She set up a group in her home in Connecti-
cut, nothing formal, because she needed it and
she was so aware that it was necessary," says
Michael. Even while suffering, "she wanted to
help other people. She saw the need and wanted
other people to have the help.
"No one can give you support as much as