RIP Edna Chadwell: She was a hard-nosed lady. She didn’t put up with no monkey business

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http://www.suntimes.com/news/obituaries/10975538-418/edna-chadwell-84-last-madam-of-the-best-little-whorehouse-in-texas.html

Edna Chadwell, 84, last madam of “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas”

By RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI Associated Press March 1, 2012 12:24AM

HOUSTON — The last madam of the infamous Texas brothel that inspired the movie and Broadway show “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas” has died in Phoenix. She was 84.

Edna Milton Chadwell’s nephew, Robert Kleffman, said Wednesday his aunt, the last owner of the Chicken Ranch brothel in La Grange, Texas, died Feb. 25. She had been in the hospital since a car accident in October.

Chadwell didn’t often talk about her years at the brothel, Kleffman said, but sometimes would answer questions if prompted. She wasn’t ashamed of the work she did there, he said, but also didn’t want the notoriety that came with being the madam of a famous brothel.

“She was a hard-nosed lady. She was very straightforward, didn’t put up with no monkey business, no nonsense,” Kleffman said. “Hard-nosed. But with a spine of steel and a heart of gold.”

[niyad]

1. requiescat in pacem

[MarianJack]

2. She was certainly more honest than breitbart.

I loved the stage musical.

Rest in...

...PEACE!