“I was in Australia… When we landed, the Elton John party was told to stay on the plane, and I immediately thought, ‘It’s my grandmother,’ because she was so elderly.
“When they said it was John, I couldn’t believe it.
“We went to the cathedral in Melbourne at the same time they had the vigil in New York. We sang hymns and we cried. It was an astonishing time. John really touched my soul.
It was a JFK, 9-11 type moment.
I was in bed watching Johnny Carson.