Thursday, November 29, 2012

Gilda's Club name change seen as insult to Radner

Gilda's Club name change seen as insult to Radner

Paintings imagining comedian Gilda Radner in recognizable locations in Madison hang on the wall inside the cancer support group Gilda's Club Madison on Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2012, in Middleton, Wis. The Madison-area chapter of the national group is the latest to change its name to the Cancer Support Community, a move its director said was necessary because young people don't know who Radner was. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer)A Wisconsin chapter of a cancer-support group is removing a reference to Gilda Radner from its name, angering some fans of the former Saturday Night Live comedienne.



Source: news.yahoo.com

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