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“I may admire another person, but I don’t want to be that person.”

The same certainty of purpose that led her down the aisle to answer an altar call at the age of twelve, also armed her against the entertainment industry’s harshest rejection and allowed her to answer insult and injury with a wink and a smile as she turned her head toward the next opportunity. It landed her on millions of TVs in countless living rooms every morning and gave her a voice of advocacy, influence and all the shine of the spotlight.

But, spotlights are tricky creatures. They illuminate and bring to life, but they can also expose and wash out detail and nuance, leaving room for the noise of assumption and criticism. Spotlights make it hard to find the quiet. They air the most personal of tragedies, amplify doubt and hopelessness, crowding out joy. But, when it comes to hopelessness, Kathie Lee stays in the fight.