Randy Paar(1949-2012)
- Actress
Randy Paar was born in Los Angeles on March 2, 1949, and grew up in
Bronxville, N.Y. She is remembered by many 1950s and '60s television
viewers as the cute, precocious girl whom her father, the late-night
talk-show host Jack Paar, introduced to a national audience in his
monologues and home movies. Paar had Randy on the show frequently,
spoke of her when she wasn't there and showed home movies of her
antics. On one show he discoursed about her adjustment to a training
bra. Randy Paar was also linked to the Beatles' historic first
appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show" in 1964, when Mr. Sullivan said
the Beatles had dedicated the songs they performed to Johnny Carson,
the columnist Earl Wilson and Randy. When she knew she was going to
Harvard, she requested a roommate who did not know anything about her
family. She was paired with a foreign student. She earned degrees from
Harvard and New York University Law School. During law school she
worked at the United States attorney's office in Manhattan. In 1975-76,
she clerked for the Manhattan federal judge Lloyd F. McMahon. In
private legal practice Ms. Paar specialized in representing businesses
suing insurance companies to get more money to cover damages claims. In
one well-known case she represented W. R. Grace in recovering insurance
money for asbestos and environmental claims. She won a number of
national legal awards and earned a reputation as a persuasive
litigator, never losing a case in court, Ms. Cohen said. Ms. Paar was
found at Grand Central Station. She appeared to have fallen backward
onto the track and hit her head and was taken to Bellevue Hospital in
Manhattan, Ms. Paar died there three days later. She may have had a
stroke or seizure before tumbling onto the track. Investigators don't
know what lead to her fall.
Ms. Paar was a longtime resident of Greenwich, Conn. Her marriage to Stephen Wells ended in divorce this year. She is survived by her son, Andrew.
Ms. Paar was a longtime resident of Greenwich, Conn. Her marriage to Stephen Wells ended in divorce this year. She is survived by her son, Andrew.