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Apr 20, 2021 · Updated: Apr 20, 2021 | 2 Minutes. “Times Past,” AKC Gazette: Lina Basquette (1907–1994) did enough living for 10 lifetimes: Ziegfeld Follies dancer, movie star, widow of Sam Warner (of Warner...
Basquette became the single biggest winner of Great Dane breed shows and was known as a noted dog breeder. She also wrote several books on the subject of dog breeding. She retired from dog handling in 1983. Basquette moved to Wheeling, West Virginia, after her retirement.
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Oct 6, 1994 · She became one of the best-known breeders and handlers of champion Great Danes in American dog-show history, and also wrote several books on dog breeding. Ms. Basquette is survived by her...
Breeder. Handler. Judge. Star Everlasting. by Barbara "BJ" Andrews. Lina Basquett passed away October 1994. Zigfield Follies dancer, movie star, Honey Hollow Great Dane legend, pro handler, then multi-Group AKC Judge; Lina died in her W. VA home at age 87. Cancer took her life but not her spirit.
May 2, 1993 · May 2, 1993 at 1:00 a.m. EDT. Lina Basquette was once a name. She was once a star. She was glorious and had straight black penciled brows. She had black caterpillar spit curls stuck on the...
Oct 5, 1994 · She died Friday at her home in Wheeling, W.V., from lymphoma, her grandson, Michael Hiatt, said Tuesday in Los Angeles. Miss Basquette, who spent her later years breeding and judging Great...
A raven-haired child ballerina when she began her career, Basquette endured the demands of a legendary stage mother, six marriages, a vicious custody battle, two suicide attempts, and a rape before settling into a second career as the owner of one of the finest Great Dane kennels in the country.
