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It was exactly one week ago when the Jack Schwartz Memorial Theater officially opened in the san Francisco Presidio at Letterman Hospital. But none of the patients were really fooled by an announcement of an official opening. As far as they were concerned today was the happening with

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one of the biggest stars in show business. Doing the honors. Give a great hand to elephants gel. Thank you. Thank you. Mr Grant, thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you so much. Thank you by the shore. An orchestra's playing gin and

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even the prom seem to be swaying, begin when they begin, but begin smile. You're on candid camera to live it again. It's past endeavor. Except when that tune clutches my heart and here we are wearing to love forever and promising never, never too far. What moments

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divine what? Raptures serene till clouds came along to disperse the joys we had tasted. And now when I hear people curse the chance that was wasted. I know, but to what they mean. And they begin begin. Mm hmm. It

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was a proud Ben Swig of the Fairmont Hotel who introduced her. She not only is the current star at the hotel, it was swig who personally chipped in $175,000 toward building this new service man's theater. And Ella carried the day this is no first for Ella

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Fitzgerald for years. She's made it a point to sing for the patients that let him in when she's playing SAn Francisco but doing a hospital benefit this time was a lot closer to her heart than usual. Just a few short months ago, she was a patient

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herself, getting over major eye surgery from Letterman Hospital in san Francisco's Presidio. This is Ed Arnold for Eyewitness News.