Not quite out of the Garland shadow Lorna Luft, the daughter of Judy Garland, has built a career on her mother's fame. So why, asks David Thomas, won't she talk about her sister, Liza Minelli?

From: The Sunday Telegraph London | Date: June 20, 2004| Author: DAVID THOMAS | Copyright information

Lorna Luft's clear blue eyes look directly at mine, facing me down with obdurate resistance. "David who?" she asks. Only the nervous fiddling of her fingers in her lap reveals signs of unease. I am asking about David Gest, the husband (for the time being) of her sister, Liza Minelli.

"I don't know him," she says, flatly. "I don't read the stuff he says about my sister. I don't wanna give him any publicity."

She's not happy talking about Liza, either. The pair seem to have a rela...

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