“Do you love him Loretta?”
Cher took to Twitter to share fond memories of “Moonstruck” co-star Olympia Dukakis, who died Saturday at age 89.
“Olympia Dukakis Was an Amazing,Academy Award Winning Actress.Olympia Played My Mom In Moonstruck,& Even Though Her Part was That Of a Suffering Wife, We [laughed] ALL The Time,” Cher tweeted, using a laughing emoji.
“She Would Tell Me How MUCH She Loved Louis,Her ‘Handsome Talented,Husband’.I Talked To Her 3Wks Ago. Rip Dear One.”
The actress, who won a Best Actress Oscar for “Moonstruck” to Dukakis’ Best Supporting Actress win, recalled her final chat with her ailing co-star.
“Heard Olympia Was Sick So Called Her Daughter & Said Could I Talk 2 Her,” she wrote.
“She Said ‘She might Not HEAR or SPEAK’.I Called In2 The Receiver ‘Olympia It’s Cher,I [love] You’.Remember Moonstruck,She Said ‘oh cher,I love you’She Was Weak But Happy. RIP O.”
She followed up with a reference to Dukakis’ famed “Do you love him Loretta?” scene.
“You never think about Friends,Loved Ones Leaving,But Thank God We Can See Them,” she posted.