southern humor Jane can save a lot of people’s lives. It saved mine,” Carol told Closer. Carol Burnett was the child of two alcoholics raised by her grandmother in a Hollywood apartment. Even in those adverse conditions, she loved to laugh. Carol Burnett show writer, Kenny Solms says of her, “Carol’s been an underdog because she came from such a sad life. She persevered because she has an amazing will.”
Carol Burnett married Joe Hamilton and was the mother of three girls. One child, Carrie, developed a serious drug problem which caused tremendous marital stress leading to divorce. Carol’s daughter straightened out her life and she and her mother co-produced a comedic play based on Carol’s hectic childhood set in the apartment she was raised in. Hollywood Arms debuted in 2002 but a cruel twisted, only months before the play opened, Carrie died of lung cancer.
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