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In_PRP the_AT0 past_AJ0 year_NN1 alone_AV0 ,_PUN Liza_NP0 Minnelli_NP0 has_VHZ outlived_VVN the_AT0 Copacabana_NN1 ,_PUN Christopher_NP0 Plummer_NP0 ,_PUN and_CJC Robert_NP0 F_NP0 ._SENT Kennedy_NP0 's_POS Instagram_NN1 account_NN1 ._SENT She_PNP has_VHZ outlived_VVN Larry_NP0 King_NP0 ,_PUN Mary-Kate_NP0 Olsen_NP0 's_POS marriage_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC the_AT0 blockage_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 Suez_NP0 Canal_NN1 ._SENT She_PNP has_VHZ outlived_VVN Queen_NP0 Elizabeth_NP0 II_CRD 's_POS dachshund-corgi_NP0 mix_NN1 ,_PUN Vulcan_NP0 ,_PUN and_CJC the_AT0 Queen_NN1 's_POS husband_NN1 ,_PUN Prince_NP0 Philip_NP0 ._SENT She_PNP has_VHZ outlived_VVN the_AT0 Pacific_NP0 Theatres_NN2 and_CJC ArcLight_NN1 Cinemas_NN2 ,_PUN Century_NN1 21_CRD ,_PUN the_AT0 search_NN1 for_PRP Lady_NP0 Gaga_NN1 's_VHZ kidnapped_VVN French_AJ0 bulldogs_NN2 ,_PUN and_CJC the_AT0 Manhattan_NP0 restaurateur_NN1 Sirio_NP0 Maccioni_NP0 ,_PUN at_PRP whose_DTQ now-defunct_AJ0 French_AJ0 eatery_NN1 Le_NP0 Cirque_NP0 she_PNP once_AV0 performed_VVD an_AT0 impromptu_AJ0 version_NN1 of_PRF "_PUQ New_NP0 York_NP0 ,_PUN New_NP0 York_NP0 ,_PUN "_PUQ during_PRP the_AT0 birthday_NN1 party_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 gossip_NN1 columnist_NN1 Liz_NP0 Smith_NP0 ._SENT (_PUL Smith_NP0 died_VVD in_PRP 2017_CRD ,_PUN so_CJS Minnelli_NP0 has_VHZ outlived_VVN her_PNP ,_PUN too_AV0 ._SENT )_PUR 
All_DT0 of_PRF these_DT0 testaments_NN2 to_PRP Minnelli_NP0 's_POS longevity_NN1 come_VVB courtesy_NN1 of_PRF a_AT0 Twitter_NN1 account_NN1 called_VVN @_PRP LiZaOutlives_NN2 ,_PUN which_DTQ sprang_VVD into_PRP existence_NN1 ,_PUN in_PRP February_NP0 of_PRF 2020_CRD ,_PUN with_PRP the_AT0 declaration_NN1 that_CJT "_PUQ Liza_NP0 Minnelli_NP0 outlived_VVD the_AT0 marriage_NN1 of_PRF Jon_NP0 Peters_NP0 and_CJC Pamela_NP0 Anderson_NP0 ._SENT "_PUQ I_PNP first_ORD became_VVD aware_AJ0 of_PRF the_AT0 account_NN1 a_AT0 few_DT0 months_NN2 later_AV0 ,_PUN when_CJS someone_PNI I_PNP follow_VVB retweeted_AJ0 the_AT0 update_NN1 "_PUQ Liza_NP0 Minnelli_NP0 has_VHZ outlived_VVN Disney_NP0 's_POS '_PUQ Frozen_AJ0 ,_PUN '_PUQ which_DTQ will_VM0 not_XX0 reopen_VVI on_PRP Broadway_NP0 ._SENT "_PUQ With_PRP that_DT0 news_NN1 item_NN1 and_CJC many_DT0 others_NN2 ,_PUN whoever_PNQ was_VBD running_VVG the_AT0 account_NN1 revealed_VVD themselves_PNX to_TO0 be_VBI remarkably_AV0 quick_AJ0 on_PRP the_AT0 draw_NN1 ._SENT They_PNP posted_VVD news_NN1 of_PRF celebrity_NN1 passings_NN2 faster_AJC than_CJS some_DT0 obituary_AJ0 sections_NN2 and_CJC always_AV0 seemed_VVD to_TO0 have_VHI the_AT0 scoop_NN1 on_PRP divorces_NN2 and_CJC bankruptcies_NN2 ._SENT The_AT0 updates_NN2 ,_PUN which_DTQ came_VVD once_AV0 or_CJC sometimes_AV0 twice_AV0 a_AT0 day_NN1 ,_PUN sounded_VVD overly_AV0 triumphant_AJ0 at_PRP a_AT0 time_NN1 when_AVQ the_AT0 coronavirus_NN1 was_VBD claiming_VVG thousands_CRD of_PRF American_AJ0 lives_NN2 every_AT0 day_NN1 ._SENT Was_VBD n't_XX0 it_PNP glib_AJ0 ,_PUN or_CJC even_AV0 ghoulish_AJ0 ,_PUN to_TO0 celebrate_VVI the_AT0 survival_NN1 of_PRF one_CRD woman_NN1 in_PRP the_AT0 face_NN1 of_PRF so_AV0 many_DT0 casualties_NN2 ?_SENT At_PRP the_AT0 same_DT0 time_NN1 ,_PUN @_PRP LiZaOutlives_NP0 had_VHD a_AT0 sly_AJ0 way_NN1 of_PRF commenting_VVG on_PRP the_AT0 times_NN2 ._SENT It_PNP noted_VVD when_CJS Minnelli_NP0 outlived_VVD the_AT0 television_NN1 program_NN1 "_PUQ Cops_NN2 ,_PUN "_PUQ Mitch_NP0 McConnell_NP0 's_POS control_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 Senate_NN1 ,_PUN the_AT0 ban_NN1 on_PRP transgender_AJ0 people_NN0 serving_VVG openly_AV0 in_PRP the_AT0 military_AJ0 ,_PUN and_CJC Scott_NP0 Atlas_NP0 's_POS employment_NN1 as_PRP Trump_NP0 's_POS special_AJ0 adviser_NN1 on_PRP COVID-19_NN1 ._SENT The_AT0 message_NN1 was_VBD clear_AJ0 :_PUN old_AJ0 structures_NN2 are_VBB crumbling_AJ0 ,_PUN yet_AV0 Liza_NP0 persists_VVZ ,_PUN a_AT0 bedazzled_AJ0 Energizer_NN1 Bunny_NN1 running_VVG on_PRP gusto_NN1 and_CJC guile_NN1 ._SENT The_AT0 account_NN1 was_VBD like_PRP a_AT0 Twitter_NN1 version_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 famous_AJ0 "_PUQ Follies_NN2 "_PUQ lyrics_NN2 :_PUN "_PUQ Good_AJ0 times_NN2 and_CJC bum_NN1 times_NN2 ,_PUN I_PNP 've_VHB seen_VVN them_PNP all_DT0 /_PUN And_CJC ,_PUN my_DPS dear_NN1 ,_PUN I_PNP 'm_VBB still_AV0 here_AV0 ._SENT "_PUQ 
I_PNP figured_VVD that_CJT the_AT0 person_NN1 behind_AV0 @_PRP LiZaOutlives_NN2 would_VM0 be_VBI some_DT0 Very_AV0 Online_AJ0 millennial_AJ0 feeding_NN1 social_AJ0 media_NN0 's_POS appetite_NN1 for_PRP the_AT0 matriarch_NN1 as_PRP meme_NN1 –_PUN a_AT0 form_NN1 of_PRF homage_NN1 that_DT0 is_VBZ dynamite_NN1 for_PRP clicks_NN2 but_CJC does_VDZ n't_XX0 always_AV0 do_VDI its_DPS subjects_NN2 justice_NN1 ._SENT (_PUL See_VVB ,_PUN for_PRP instance_NN1 ,_PUN the_AT0 quippy_AJ0 Lucille_NP0 Bluth_NP0 clips_VVZ that_CJT lit_VVD up_AVP the_AT0 Internet_NN1 after_PRP Liza_NP0 outlived_VVD her_DPS "_PUQ Arrested_AJ0 Development_NN1 "_PUQ co-star_NN1 Jessica_NP0 Walter_NP0 ,_PUN in_PRP March_NP0 ._SENT )_PUR But_CJC when_CJS I_PNP got_VVD in_PRP touch_NN1 I_PNP found_VVD someone_PNI different_AJ0 :_PUN Scott_NP0 Gorenstein_NP0 ,_PUN a_AT0 soft-spoken_AJ0 ,_PUN middle-aged_AJ0 man_NN1 who_PNQ is_VBZ not_XX0 only_AV0 a_AT0 dyed-in-the-wool_AJ0 ,_PUN lifelong_AJ0 Minnelli_NP0 superfan_NN1 but_CJC also_AV0 her_DPS former_DT0 employee_NN1 ._SENT For_PRP more_DT0 than_CJS a_AT0 decade_NN1 ,_PUN Gorenstein_NP0 worked_VVD as_PRP Minnelli_NP0 's_POS press_NN1 representative_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC he_PNP told_VVD me_PNP that_CJT he_PNP still_AV0 ca_VM0 n't_XX0 resist_VVI doing_VDG unofficial_AJ0 publicity_NN1 for_PRP her_PNP ._SENT "_PUQ I_PNP will_VM0 always_AV0 consider_VVI it_PNP my_DPS duty_NN1 to_TO0 look_VVI out_AVP for_PRP her_PNP ,_PUN "_PUQ he_PNP said_VVD ._SENT 
Gorenstein_NP0 shares_VVZ Minnelli_NP0 's_POS compact_AJ0 stature_NN1 and_CJC wears_VVZ a_AT0 studious-looking_AJ0 pair_NN0 of_PRF round_AJ0 spectacles_NN2 ._SENT The_AT0 walls_NN2 of_PRF his_DPS Jersey_NP0 City_NN1 apartment_NN1 are_VBB covered_VVN in_PRP Liza_NP0 Playbills_NN2 ,_PUN signed_AJ0 posters_NN2 ,_PUN and_CJC a_AT0 framed_AJ0 copy_NN1 of_PRF her_DPS 1987_CRD Revlon_NP0 campaign_NN1 ._SENT He_PNP recalled_VVD ,_PUN by_PRP phone_NN1 ,_PUN that_CJT he_PNP has_VHZ worshipped_VVN both_AV0 Minnelli_NP0 and_CJC her_DPS mother_NN1 ,_PUN Judy_NP0 Garland_NP0 ,_PUN since_CJS his_DPS childhood_NN1 in_PRP Philadelphia_NP0 —_PUN "_PUQ '_POS Judy_NP0 at_PRP Carnegie_NP0 ,_PUN '_PUQ to_PRP me_PNP ,_PUN is_VBZ the_AT0 Bible_NN1 ,_PUN "_PUQ he_PNP said_VVD ._SENT In_PRP junior_AJ0 high_AJ0 ,_PUN he_PNP begged_VVD his_DPS parents_NN2 to_TO0 take_VVI him_PNP to_PRP the_AT0 Shubert_NP0 Theatre_NN1 to_TO0 see_VVI Minnelli_NP0 's_POS 1979_CRD concert_NN1 tour_NN1 ._SENT Gorenstein_NP0 knew_VVD by_AVP then_AV0 that_CJT he_PNP was_VBD gay_AJ0 ,_PUN and_CJC he_PNP did_VDD not_XX0 intend_VVI to_TO0 come_VVI out_AVP to_PRP his_DPS family_NN1 ._SENT He_PNP bonded_VVD with_PRP a_AT0 childhood_NN1 friend_NN1 named_VVN Scott_NP0 Schechter_NP0 over_PRP their_DPS shared_AJ0 love_NN1 of_PRF all_DT0 things_NN2 Liza_NP0 ,_PUN and_CJC the_AT0 pair_NN0 would_VM0 spend_VVI hours_NN2 listening_VVG to_PRP records_NN2 and_CJC watching_VVG Liza_NP0 and_CJC Judy_NP0 on_PRP TV_NN1 ._SENT 
Gorenstein_NP0 moved_VVD to_PRP New_NP0 York_NP0 City_NN1 after_PRP college_NN1 ,_PUN in_PRP 1988._CRD He_PNP spent_VVD the_AT0 next_ORD several_DT0 decades_NN2 volunteering_VVG with_PRP ACT_NN1 UP_AVP and_CJC drifting_VVG through_PRP publicity_NN1 gigs_NN2 ._SENT "_PUQ I_PNP never_AV0 really_AV0 had_VHD that_DT0 great_AJ0 job_NN1 I_PNP wanted_VVD ,_PUN "_PUQ he_PNP said_VVD ._SENT "_PUQ Representing_VVG all_DT0 these_DT0 incredible_AJ0 stars_NN2 just_AV0 eluded_VVD me_PNP ._SENT "_PUQ In_PRP the_AT0 end_NN1 ,_PUN it_PNP was_VBD his_DPS old_AJ0 friend_NN1 Scott_NP0 Schechter_NP0 who_PNQ ended_VVD up_AVP changing_VVG his_DPS life_NN1 ._SENT Schechter_NP0 had_VHD gone_VVN into_PRP the_AT0 professional_AJ0 Judy-and-Liza_NP0 business_NN1 ,_PUN becoming_VVG a_AT0 respected_AJ0 archivist_NN1 and_CJC biographer_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 mother-daughter_AJ0 duo_NN1 ._SENT He_PNP also_AV0 ran_VVD Minnelli_NP0 's_POS Web_NN1 site_NN1 ._SENT In_PRP early_AV0 2009_CRD ,_PUN Schechter_NP0 heard_VVD that_CJT Minnelli_NP0 was_VBD poking_VVG around_AVP for_PRP a_AT0 new_AJ0 publicist_NN1 to_TO0 run_VVI her_DPS Tony_NP0 campaign_NN1 for_PRP "_PUQ Liza_NP0 's_VBZ at_PRP the_AT0 Palace_NN1 ,_PUN "_PUQ and_CJC he_PNP put_VVD Gorenstein_NP0 up_AVP for_PRP the_AT0 job_NN1 ._SENT But_CJC Gorenstein_NP0 demurred_VVD ,_PUN worrying_VVG that_CJT he_PNP was_VBD not_XX0 up_AVP to_PRP the_AT0 task_NN1 of_PRF securing_VVG her_PNP such_DT0 a_AT0 major_AJ0 award_NN1 ._SENT Then_AV0 ,_PUN a_AT0 few_DT0 months_NN2 later_AV0 ,_PUN he_PNP got_VVD a_AT0 phone_NN1 call_NN1 from_PRP Minnelli_NP0 's_POS lawyers_NN2 telling_VVG him_PNP that_CJT Schechter_NP0 had_VHD died_VVN ,_PUN suddenly_AV0 ,_PUN of_PRF a_AT0 heart_NN1 attack_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC had_VHD bequeathed_VVN Gorenstein_NP0 his_DPS entire_AJ0 Liza-and-Judy_NN1 collection_NN1 ._SENT 
Gorenstein_NP0 was_VBD in_PRP shock_NN1 ,_PUN but_CJC he_PNP threw_VVD himself_PNX into_PRP filling_VVG his_DPS friend_NN1 's_POS shoes_NN2 ._SENT Soon_AV0 enough_AV0 ,_PUN he_PNP realized_VVD that_CJT he_PNP 'd_VHD backed_VVN into_PRP a_AT0 full-time_AJ0 job_NN1 on_PRP Team_NN1 Liza_NP0 ._SENT "_PUQ The_AT0 next_ORD thing_NN1 I_PNP know_VVB ,_PUN I_PNP 'm_VBB picking_VVG up_AVP the_AT0 phone_NN1 and_CJC calling_VVG reporters_NN2 ,_PUN going_VVG ,_PUN '_PUQ Hi_ITJ ,_PUN this_DT0 is_VBZ Scott_NP0 Gorenstein_NP0 ,_PUN and_CJC I_PNP 'm_VBB Liza_NP0 Minnelli_NP0 's_POS ..._PUN publicist_NN1 ?_SENT '_PUQ And_CJC Liza_NP0 is_VBZ calling_VVG me_PNP at_PRP home_NN1 to_TO0 ask_VVI me_PNP ,_PUN like_VVB ,_PUN what_DTQ the_AT0 schedule_NN1 is_VBZ for_PRP next_ORD Tuesday_NP0 ._SENT "_PUQ Minnelli_NP0 was_VBD a_AT0 demanding_AJ0 boss_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC Gorenstein_NP0 learned_VVD to_TO0 revel_VVI in_PRP her_DPS requests_NN2 –_PUN cancelling_VVG interviews_NN2 ,_PUN saying_VVG no_AV0 on_PRP her_DPS behalf_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ You_PNP know_VVB what_DTQ happens_VVZ if_CJS she_PNP 's_VBZ not_XX0 in_PRP USA_NP0 Today_AV0 ?_SENT "_PUQ he_PNP recalled_VVD telling_VVG one_CRD obnoxious_AJ0 reporter_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ Liza_NP0 Minnelli_NP0 wakes_VVZ up_AVP ,_PUN and_CJC she_PNP 's_VBZ still_AV0 Liza_NP0 Minnelli_NP0 ._SENT "_PUQ 
Gorenstein_NP0 considers_VVZ it_PNP a_AT0 blessing_NN1 that_CJT he_PNP only_AV0 started_VVD working_VVG with_PRP Minnelli_NP0 later_AV0 in_PRP his_DPS career_NN1 ._SENT By_PRP that_DT0 time_NN1 ,_PUN he_PNP understood_VVD that_CJT the_AT0 Minnelli_NN1 he_PNP had_VHD built_VVN up_AVP inside_PRP his_DPS head_NN1 was_VBD a_AT0 magical_AJ0 motivational_AJ0 soulmate_NN1 and_CJC not_XX0 the_AT0 real_AJ0 ,_PUN complex_AJ0 woman_NN1 who_PNQ employed_VVD him_PNP ._SENT 
