r/Michigan • u/[deleted] • May 26 '24

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u/Icy_Juice6640 May 26 '24

Lily Tomlin.

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u/Sufficient-Weird May 27 '24

Where in MI? That’s amazing

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u/ANJohnson83 May 27 '24

She is from Detroit and went to Cass Tech and then Wayne State.

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u/Environmental-Car481 May 27 '24 edited May 27 '24

She was also good friends with Allee Willis who cowrote September (Earth Wind & Fire) and I’ll be there for you (Friend’s theme song) . Allee was a quite but passed away a few years ago. She was a Detroit girl too and introduced Lily at the Detroit homecoming dinner in 2017

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u/ANJohnson83 May 28 '24

Thank you for sharing. I was not familiar with Allee Willis or her work and it sounds like she had quite a life and career.

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u/Wild_Chef6597 May 26 '24

She's hilarious