Late in her life, the performer known around the world as Gypsy Rose Lee expressed her gratitude. “I have lived three wonderful lives,” she told her son, Erik Lee Preminger. “Most people never get to ...
Above all, she was her own creation. Even her name was invented. She grew up as Rose Louise Hovik. When asked if she ever explained why she chose the name "Gypsy," her son, Erik Lee Preminger, said, ...