Not Young, Still Restless (23 page)

My friend Diane Sawyer, a beauty inside and out.

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My son Collin and my boss Bill Bell literally saved my life.

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An embarrassment of riches: my three children, my first two grandchildren (Oliver and Weston), and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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The big boss, Leslie Moonves, President and CEO of CBS, at whom I shamelessly throw myself every chance I get.

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What I won’t do for charity—that’s me, singing with my two great pals Shirley Jones and Beverly Garland at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in La Jolla.

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Doug Davidson (
Y&R
’s Paul Williams), whom I’ve been trying to adopt since the day we met.

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The class act of the group: my dear friend Lee Philip Bell, cocreator of
Y&R
.

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Never let it be said that Planet Hollywood doesn’t know how to throw a cast party: that’s most of us in New York for the Daytime Entertainment Emmy Awards.

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The man who started it all: my friend, my boss, my savior, and my favorite sparring partner, the late, great Bill Bell.

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Beau Kayser: my son Brock on
Y&R
—so no, it most certainly wasn’t incest.

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I think it only took my son-in-law, Jon Wilson, and me about two hours to get all eight of my grandchildren to sit still for one of their first photos together.

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My sons have always had great taste in women: that’s Corbin’s wife, the spectacular Amanda Pays, with Bill Bell, me, and their oldest son, Oliver.

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My first daytime Emmy, and well worth waiting for. In case you can’t tell: I was ecstatic.

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