PopPop Meets the Ball of Fire

Betty Rowland with Harry Cooper of the OGs

Now, they say there’s nothing new under the sun, but all the same, we’re pretty sure our PopPop is the only 97-year-old man who got checked out of the retirement home to spend last Saturday tooling around his old downtown LA haunts in the company of a 94-year-old burlesque queen.

Grandma came along to keep him honest, but she gave him a moment to say his private goodbyes to Follies legend Betty “Ball of Fire” Rowland. That’s just one of Grandma’s little secrets for keeping a marriage hot for 73-going-on-74 years. Watch and learn, grasshopper.

Betty Rowland with Harry Cooper of the OGs

Betty Rowland with Harry Cooper of the OGs

Now, they say there’s nothing new under the sun, but all the same, we’re pretty sure our PopPop is the only 97-year-old man who got checked out of the retirement home to spend last Saturday tooling around his old downtown LA haunts in the company of a 94-year-old burlesque queen.

Grandma came along to keep him honest, but she gave him a moment to say his private goodbyes to Follies legend Betty “Ball of Fire” Rowland. That’s just one of Grandma’s little secrets for keeping a marriage hot for 73-going-on-74 years. Watch and learn, grasshopper.

Betty Rowland with Harry Cooper of the OGs

Betty Rowland with Harry Cooper of the OGs