‘IF I must choose one word, one word more accurate than any other, to describe my long friendship with Evelyn Macdonald, then let it be laughter,’ writes her husband, Sam.
‘Wonderful, wicked, loud, raucous, liberating laughter. Her life – her company, her liberty and her leisure – all brought joy, constant joy to my existence, enriching and emboldening it.
‘Think of her, and what song comes incessantly playing into mind? Lovely to Look at, Delightful to Know, the great Jerome Kern, whose music she adored, he had her described to a tee.