Peruvian singer Yma Sumac has died, but her name will live forever. She was one of those people who makes crossword puzzles possible. Like:
Ara Parseghian
Ella Fitzgerald
Uta Hagen
Anais Nin
Uma Thurman
Evel Knievel
Who else can you name?
Oona O’Neill (Chaplin)
Mel Ott
I remember someone suggesting that “Yma Sumac” was a pseudonym, and that her real name was “Amy Camus” (spell it backwards). It’s certainly just an odd coincidence. According to Wikipedia, “Yma Sumac” is a pseudonym, but her real name was Zoila Augusta Emperatriz Chavarri del Castillo. A book I have on the Inca translated the words “Yma Sumac” as “Very Beautiful”. I’ll bet the book wouldn’t have even mentioned that if she hadn’t been around.
Asta -Thin mans dog
Orel-Pitchers first name (Hershiser0
Oral-preachers first name
The “It Girl” - Clara Bow
Carl Yastrzemski.
Ava Gardner
Ned Rorem – composer.
“Singer” Yoko Ono
Comedian Johnson: Arte. Do 20-somethings have a clue as to who he is?
Eero Saarinen
Ayn Rand.
Bobby Orr
Violinist Leopold Auer
Sela Ward
Etta James
Ani Difranco
Lance Ito
ELIA Kazan
ELIE Wiesel
Oh, and the original star of "South Pacific " on Broadway:
EZIO Pinza
And …
IONE Skye
In 1962, Thomas Meehan wrote a funny piece for the *New Yorker *called “Yma Dream” that plays off exactly this kind of thing. You can see the text at the magazine’s Web site if you’re a subscriber. (You can see *everything *that’s ever been in the New Yorker if you’re a subscriber, which is pretty cool!)
But here’s Anne Bancroft doing it as a comedy skit.