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Well now that's literally psycho. I can't stand fans who get to the point
where
they invade the privacy of the celebrity. It shows absolutely no love or
respect
for him/her, it just shows a harmful obsession that can't be controlled. If
I was
Glenn I would have stayed away from them also, but not have been scared.
There was another fan letter from a woman found in Glenn's house once.
I guess
he kept some of the fan mail. It said something along the lines of,
"Dear Mr. Gould: Please comeplete the following questionnaire and return to
me at
once, since my future depends entirely upon your answers:
1) have you written any string quartets since your opus 1?
2) are you engaged
3) are you married?
4) if i come to toronto will you permit me to see you.
Haha, for some reason I dont think she cared as much about the first
question...
Where did you read about those other strange fans?
Has anyone else ever read the love letter that Glenn once wrote? If not,
I'll type it
up and send it to the list.
Zeldah
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 4:31
PM
Subject: Re: Fans
>From Anne Smith:
> From: LoveGlenn
>> "I
probably would've been known as a psycho fan (I wonder if he had
any)."
> Yes he did.
There was one fan who was a woman from
Texas who lived on a
ranch (I believe) and wrote to him every day. As far
as I
remember, he never answered her letters, handing them over
to
Andrew Kazdin who something. I don't know if this woman
is still
alive.
There was also a woman who used to show up at the
family's
house (or cottage) and watch his father watering in the
lawn,
evidently hoping to catch a glimpse of the young GG.
Maybe these fans
are the reason Glenn drove so fast!!! ;->
>>" I would have
sent him love notes every day in the mail.
>>Nah, I wouldn't scare
him, "
> There was a woman who sent him a lot of love notes.
He
> was scared of her.
On top of sending the daily letters, that
woman also
thought she was married to Glenn! I can see how that
would
make him nervous. IIRC, Andy Kazdin was puzzled by why GG
was so
threatened by this fan and others like her. But
Kazdin was also confused by
the term "double double" and by
GG's use of the pronounciation "fillum." In
his notorious
book, Kazdin reported that GG once hid from a
particular
fan who tried a little too hard to meet him.
I remember
hearing that one of GG's "psycho fans" threatened
to stand on a busy street
corner in Toronto (Bloor and
Yonge?) and shoot people until he showed up
and talked to
her. Very wisely, he chose not to show up and let
other
people deal with her. (No Torontonians were harmed in the
making
of this letter.)
Anne M. Marble
Only somewhat kooky Glenn Gould
fan
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