Talk:Marie Rudisill

This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Marie Rudisill article.
This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject.

Put new text under old text. Click here to start a new topic.
New to Wikipedia? Welcome! Learn to edit; get help.

Article policies

Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

This article is rated Start-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.
It is of interest to the following WikiProjects:

Biography

	Biography portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize Wikipedia's articles about people. All interested editors are invited to join the project and contribute to the discussion. For instructions on how to use this banner, please refer to the documentation.BiographyWikipedia:WikiProject BiographyTemplate:WikiProject Biographybiography articles
	This article has been automatically rated by a bot or other tool because one or more other projects use this class. Please ensure the assessment is correct before removing the `\|auto=` parameter.

Alabama

This article is part of WikiProject Alabama, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to Alabama on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, you can edit this article, or visit the project page to join the project and/or contribute to the discussion.AlabamaWikipedia:WikiProject AlabamaTemplate:WikiProject AlabamaAlabama articles

Women's History Low‑importance

	History portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Women's History, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Women's history and related articles on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Women's HistoryWikipedia:WikiProject Women's HistoryTemplate:WikiProject Women's HistoryWomen's History articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Television

	Television portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Television, a collaborative effort to develop and improve Wikipedia articles about television programs. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page where you can join the discussion. To improve this article, please refer to the style guidelines for the type of work.TelevisionWikipedia:WikiProject TelevisionTemplate:WikiProject Televisiontelevision articles
???	This article has not yet received a rating on the project's importance scale.

It is requested that an image or photograph be included in this article to improve its quality. Please replace this template with a more specific media request template where possible.
The Free Image Search Tool or Openverse Creative Commons Search may be able to locate suitable images on Flickr and other web sites.

Upload

First Husband[edit]

I read in one of her books, I believe it was "Ask The Fruitcake Lady" that she had been married about 1930 to a man from Japan. Her family forced her to divorce him. Does anyone have any information on this?

How?[edit]

How can she be 136 if she was born in 1911?

Addition, the lost art.

Death source?[edit]

I have seen nothing online about her death. I saw the tribute on the Tonight Show but, otherwise, no mention. NorthernThunder 05:14, 9 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I did find this from http://www.eveningsun.com in the obituaries section on the dates noted:

Rudisill, Mary K.

Mary K. Rudisill, 95, died Saturday, November 4, 2006, at Gettysburg Lutheran Retirement Village. She was the wife of the late Claude Rudisill. Funeral service Wednesday at 2 p.m. from Monahan Funeral Home, Gettysburg. Viewing Wednesday at funeral home from noon until time of service. Published in the Evening Sun from 11/6/2006 - 11/7/2006

However, that person doesn't match in terms of spelling of her given name, the date of death, place of death, or husband's name. I haven't been able to find an obituary for the Fruitcake Lady other than what was on NBC.com. --Metropolitan90 08:14, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The Social Secuity Death index has the following entries:

Edna M. Rudisill, born 13 March 1911, died 4 November 2006, 111-07-4374, last residence, Hudson, Florida.

Mary K. Rudisill, born 17 March 1911, died 4 November 2006, 176-07-8588, last residence, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

Gibson or Cruise?[edit]

The article says that during her first appearance on The Tonight Show she was showing Jay Lenno and Mel Gibson to cook--wasn't it Tom Cruise? 68.206.134.81 (talk) 04:53, 17 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The rare heartfelt/meaningful comments[edit]

I realize "The Fruitcake Lady" was best known for her rudeness and unexpectedly hilarious commentary while replying to people's questions on Leno. However, if I remember correctly, there was at least one occasion where her reply to a question was, quite honestly, very meaningful, and heartfelt, and something that actually made me smile.

There is one scene in particular I remember. I don't remember the question, but I remember her answer involved "hanging on to God's coattails and letting Him help pull you through" or something similar to that. It seemed a nice heartfelt contrast to her usual rudeness, and I would like so much to see her exact quote, or perhaps even video of it. Does anyone remember this scene? Torin Darkflight 18:03, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]