Mae West: Andre Penachio

Lifelong MAE WEST friend and man-of-the-cloth Andre Penachio [18 September 1926 — 1 April 1999] campaigned vigorously in 1997 and 1998 to have the actress honored with a postage stamp. 
• • In 1995, the U.S. Postal Service launched a popular series — — "Legends of Hollywood" — — and devoted the first postage stamp to the late Marilyn Monroe. Other Tinseltown luminaries soon followed, for example, comedienne Lucille Ball and Cary Grant, Mae West's co-star.
 • • "Mae West deserves to be commemorated on a stamp," said Bishop Penachio. The Italian American New Yorker first met the movie queen during World War II. 
• • Bishop Andre Penachio officiated at Mae West's burial at Cypress Hills Abbey — — in Brooklyn, New York in 1980. 
• • Until his retirement, Bishop Andre Penachio had been attached to the St. Thomas Liberal Catholic Church [147 West 144th Street, New York, NY 10030; 212-283-9566].
• • Do you agree that the lady should be a stamp? Write a letter!
• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/

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