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Max’s Kansas City, the restaurant and bar on Park Avenue South that was the destination for the hip, the high-class and the low, the cool movie stars, and the fashion photographers. She was also a patient of the eventually notorious doctor, Max Jacobson, a real MD who developed a variety of drug combinations that lent “energy” to an all-star cast of movie stars, politicians, socialites, and some of the most famous names in America. The roster included, albeit briefly, president John F. Kennedy and his wife, Jackie Kennedy. Some of his patients became what today we would call “speed freaks” without knowing that was what was happening to them. What happened to Morse, however, was not so fortunate in that fast-lane life: she died before age 50. From Liz O’Brien’s shop that night, I moved on to the Plaza Hotel, where the American Hospital of Paris Foundation was holding its annual awards gala to honor Ezra Zilkha, the international financier and philanthropist. I couldn’t spend the evening but wanted to get a photo of Ezra 40 QUEST
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and his wife, Cecile Zilkha. My timing was off, as I arrived during the cocktail hour before the dinner and Ezra was in the ballroom going over his speech. There was a large contingent of Francophiles, philanthropists, and friends of the Zilkhas, including former ambassador to France, Howard Leach, and his wife Gretchen Leah. Others in attendance were: Michel David-Weill, Claude Wasserstein, Vernon Jordan, Lily Safra, John and Susan Gutfreund, Hilary and Wilbur Ross, and Beatriz Santo Domingo. From the Plaza Hotel, I went over to the Metropolitan Club, where the International Women’s Health Coalition was hosting its annual dinner honoring the Ford Foundation for its founding support its “deep commitment to human rights, equality, and reproductive health.” Darren Walker, the president of the Ford Foundation, spoke about its important relationship with the International Women’s Health Coalition. Walker, as you may know, is one of the most distinguished citizens in New York
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