Stripper, 89, gives ‘America’s Got Talent’ a patriotic show: ‘Respect your elders’
nypost.comFlorida Today that all the judges “were wonderful … even Simon.” “I was ready for him. If he would have blown the buzzer on me while I was working, I would have turned around and said, ‘Respect your elders.’ But no, he was nice,” she said.
She recounted how she learned to dance when she ran away to join the circus and was booted from the trapeze act. She was eventually paired with a baby elephant for a dance routine before being taught burlesque by the carnival owner’s wife.
The “living legend of burlesque” took her talents and eventually made it to the Flamingo in Las Vegas where she ate breakfast with Sammy Davis Jr.
and Frank Sinatra. She’s now honored in the Las Vegas Hall of Fame. Starr was also crowned Miss Bumps and Grinds 1962 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
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