This photo from Christmas, 1939 was taken in the living room of George Burns and Gracie Allen, with their adopted children, Ronnie and Sandra.
That is the second photo of the Burns living room I have seen. The first was the one my mother had. It was taken in late 40’s or early 50’s.
Mom’s dear lifelong friend Ted, who was gay, was George and Gracie’s personal secretary for almost 20 years. After Gracie died in 1964, George financed Ted’s successful interior decorating business.
In 1996, when my parents were preparing to retire in Arizona, Ted, who was retired in Tucson, took my mother house shopping. One of her visits had to be postponed because George Burns had died, and Ted was in charge of the memorial service, as well as some matters of the estate. After my father died, the Sun City West, AZ house I sold in 2018 was the one that Ted helped my mother find.
