Unforgettable woman. Her final words were ‘It’s nice to have an audience.’ Thank you, Alice. Good night. Legend.” Hirson was born in Brooklyn in 1929 as Alice Corinne Thorsell, and was ...

Unforgettable woman. Her final words were ‘It’s nice to have an audience.’ Thank you, Alice. Good night. Legend.” As Lois Morgan, mother of DeGeneres’ character Ellen Morgan, Hirson was ...

“We lost a radiant soul and a daytime legend,” he wrote. “Alice Hirson shone her light on this world for 95 glorious years. My family and I were so blessed to have her in our lives however briefly.

My family and I were so blessed to have her in our lives however briefly. Unforgettable woman. Her final words were ‘It’s nice to have an audience.’ Thank you, Alice. Good night. Legend.” ...