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<blockquote data-quote="Snarky Oracle!" data-source="post: 96609" data-attributes="member: 57984">I take it you don&#039;t keep up with various versions of the story. BBG did not quit due to illness. Her heart surgery was more than a year earlier, she was still having pain and fatigue, and she requested a reduced workweek (presumably temporary) but also a simultaneous raise -- which might not have been the best idea. They kept telling her &quot;no&quot; and that they were bringing in another actress, but her representatives may not have believed the brass. Once she realized they were serious, BBG got on the phone herself and tried to fix it, but it was too late; they had apparently hired Donna Reed.Almost immediately, the producers began cutting Reed&#039;s scenes back dramatically because they obviously weren&#039;t working, and later quietly approached BBG to come back.So her illness was a factor in her requests, but she didn&#039;t leave because she didn&#039;t feel good.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Snarky Oracle!, post: 96609, member: 57984"] I take it you don't keep up with various versions of the story. BBG did not quit due to illness. Her heart surgery was more than a year earlier, she was still having pain and fatigue, and she requested a reduced workweek (presumably temporary) but also a simultaneous raise -- which might not have been the best idea. They kept telling her "no" and that they were bringing in another actress, but her representatives may not have believed the brass. Once she realized they were serious, BBG got on the phone herself and tried to fix it, but it was too late; they had apparently hired Donna Reed. Almost immediately, the producers began cutting Reed's scenes back dramatically because they obviously weren't working, and later quietly approached BBG to come back. So her illness was a factor in her requests, but she didn't leave because she didn't feel good. [/QUOTE]

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