Kirstie Alley: Forgotten by the Scientology Hollywood Celebrity Centre?
[Today’s guest post is by Sunny Pereira.]
I’m glad I won’t be dying at the hands of Scientology.
I don’t even know (or care) if my death will ever be remembered, but hey, a couple of “goodbyes” would be nice, when the time comes.
I was saddened to learn, according to a source inside the church, that Kirstie Alley will not have a memorial service at Celebrity Centre. According to that source (which Tony told us about first last week), it appears that the only Scientology memorial service for Kirstie will be held as a private event at the Flag Land Base in Florida. Heck, it might even have already happened.
In the ten years that I worked at Hollywood Celebrity Centre, Kirstie was always a figure of personality and influence in the org. She was often around or available when she was needed for promotion of events and such. I can’t remember a single year that she missed the Christmas Stories fundraiser event. From the very first time Christmas Stories was done, she was always playing several characters in the various plays.
And when we had the launch of the Golden Age of Tech in 1996, she was the celebrity there waiting at CC to greet and welcome back our newest and freshest trained staff from Flag. And we are talking about people who were arriving home from their flights very late at night, or early morning. And she was there ready to welcome them.
And what happens when she dies? Because of the way staff is isolated, nobody at Celebrity Centre would have known that she had passed away.
According to that source, and our own checking around with our contacts, we have seen no evidence of a memorial being held at the Hollywood Celebrity Centre.
From my own personal experience, a chance to grieve and remember a person helps, and is part of, the healing process. In Scientology, if you are upset about something, you get a session about it (after you pay for it, of course) and that is supposed to be the end of the grieving. They truly believe their technology is that effective.
My own personal experience has been that I still grieve some people that have passed from decades ago. It’s part of being human, I think.
And so it saddens me to find out that this lady, who did so much for Celebrity Centre, not only won’t be remembered, but might as well be forgotten.
I’m deeply sadden and angered that someone had dedicated so much of themselves to their religion, and their religion does not take the time to allow its parishioners, all of them, to remember and grieve one of their own. What does that say about this religion called Scientology?
Well Kirstie, I wish you well and I thank you for the contributions you have made to this world. I send you virtual flowers to whatever skies you have gone to.
— Sunny Pereira
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I didn’t know Kirstie all that well, I was just wanting to point out the lack of respect Scientology has for its own members, including public Scientologists who would want to show their respects.
Good article, Sunny. I remember when a good friend an SO member died (of cancer) I went to her service at CC Int. Her kids an friends were there but not one SO member was there. I aske why are the SO members she worked with not here? I thought it was heartless that they would not come to say goodbye. I was told, well they have their stats to get up by Thurs before 2:00 etc. I thought that was heartless.
One other reason why the church may be trying to keep Kirstie's death under wraps is that she was OT VIII and it is out PR for OT's to die. When hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, an OT VIII friend I had who lived there was stranded an needed help. I got word out on a Scn internet site to send donations to help him an I got attacked b other Scns for it. Seems we aren't supposed to portray an OT VIII as needing help or as down and out. He turned me into the Ship for my "overt" and even the Ship MAA called me. It was OUT PR for an OT VIII to nee help and they said we don't publicize it. The idea being that OT VIII's are Gods who can glow things right.