June was my best friend for 37 years, I couldn't have asked for a more wonderful friend, I was so blessed to know her and she was very beautiful inwardly and outwardly, she was very wise and always gave wonderful sound advice, she never thought of herself as a star, or celebrity, she had both feet firmly on the ground, she never gave anyone any 'flannel', she would always be truthful from the heart, I miss her everyday and think about her everyday. She was nothing like her character Dot Cotton, the only thing that was the same was that they both smoked menthol cigarettes. She genuinely cared about others.