Saturday Night Live comic Gilda Radner was honoured today with a posthumous star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame on the eve of what would have been her 57th birthday.
The midday event was timed to coincide with the release of Voices for Gilda, a compilation CD that includes performances by Dan Aykroyd, Tony Bennett, Dana Carvey, Billy Crystal, Celine Dion, Elton John, Quincy Jones, Steve Martin, Willie Nelson, Gene Wilder and others. A portion of sales will benefit Gilda's Club.
Radner died of ovarian cancer in May 1989.
In 1991, to help carry on her wish that no one face cancer alone, Gilda's Club was founded by Joanna Bull, Radner's cancer psychotherapist. The mission of Gilda's Club is to provide places where men, women and children with cancer can join others for emotional support.

Toronto Star Jun. 27, 2003