Glori Fickling

This is an especially good season in the already good life of Glori Fickling. The distant past has rolled around again in a most surprising way, and even if F. Scott Fitzgerald was correct that there are no second acts in American lives, he never said you couldn't do Act 1 twice. It must seem that way to Fickling, whose late husband Skip created the "Honey West" private eye series that started as pulp fiction in the 1950s and culminated in a one-season TV run in 1965 starring Anne Francis.

This is an especially good season in the already good life of Glori Fickling. The distant past has rolled around again in a most surprising way, and even if F. Scott Fitzgerald was correct that there are no second acts in American lives, he never said you couldn't do Act 1 twice. It must seem that way to Fickling, whose late husband Skip created the "Honey West" private eye series that started as pulp fiction in the 1950s and culminated in a one-season TV run in 1965 starring Anne Francis.

My family and I extend heartfelt thanks for sharing with Southern Californians the tragic loss of my husband, author Forrest E. "Skip" Fickling (April 11). The memorial service honoring Skip's 73d birthday, the special life he lived and his new life in heaven was truly magnificent. Inspiring beyond belief was the blessing of Rev. Gary Tucker, the words spoken following his invocation, and our proud U.S. Marine Corps personnel, who stood at attention in their elegant blue uniforms during the entire 45-minute procedure.

SHAME ON Irene Lacher, who obviously did not do her homework prior to creating a major article for so prestigious a publication as the Los Angeles Times ["An Arresting Development," June 4, The Envelope]. In showcasing women crimefighters, she totally ignored world-renowned Honey West, the sexy blond female private detective who broke the barrier in fiction history and television, thus paving the way for all the female protagonists to follow.