Richard Lamparski does another sterling job covering a group of former celebrities (the vast majority of which I have never heard of) with a late 1980s update of what they were then up to.

There's some unusual trends I come across reading the "Whatever Became of ..." series, such as the odd fact that many of the stars were Christian Scientists and many had moved into real estate. The best bits though are the little factoids Lamparski drops, including that Romano Brazzi had been arrested for gun smuggling, that some blind chap named Fred Lowery was the world's foremost whistling virtuoso and that Mark Herron, Judy Garland's fourth husband was in a relationship with another man - between Judy and Liza Minnelli they must have married at four or five gay men; is this a mother/daughter record?

Sadly, this eleventh edition appears to be the last in the "Whatever Became of ..." series and the sixth and seventh editions are impossible to find but the whole series are a fine body of work for Mr Lamparski. ( )

if you're interested in these 100 people, most of whom you never heard of, this is the book for you. Maybe his full collection in oone volume would be more worthwhile, but there are few minor actors or directors or tv personalities that I care enough to want to know what became of them. you might like this ( )