The sister of George’s dad Nick, Rosemary had a special relationship with her nephew.
When he arrived in Los Angeles from Kentucky to pursue acting, he stayed with his aunt.
“I miss her,” George confessed onStars in the Houseafter her death in 2002.
“She was the fun one in the family.”
“She was something to see,” heonce saidabout her live performances.
He also attributes a motto that the one-time tequila entrepreneur has lived by to his aunt.
“She said never mix grain and grape.
No wine and like, tequila.
I was seven.”
It included one of Rosemary’s songs, “There’s No Business Like Show Business.”
During dinner, he popped the question during the romantic song about taking a chance on love.
