Story By: Liz Smith
Story From: Variety
LAST WEEK I wondered what it would be like to be a fly on the wall of the dressing rooms of Chaka Khan, Gladys Knight, Patti LaBelle and Diana Ross, during their "Divas With Heart" concert at radio City Music Hall, benefiting heart disease. It was nothing but love, love, love between the four women. Chaka and Gladys Knight held hands at one point backstage. And Diana Ross actually went to Patti La Belle's dressing room to chat, between the matinee and evening shows. Chaka sent Diana, Patti and Gladys gorgeous bouquets. The concerts? A sellout. 10,000 screaming fans. ... Later, Ross greeted Denise Rich, Star Jones, Ashford & Simpson and the mother of Sean Bell, the Manhattan man gunned down by police last year, on the eve of his wedding.
