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Her sister Betty died suddenly of a brain aneurysm in 1976.

She subsequently started a foundation in memory of and named for her sister.

During this time she wrote her first autobiography, This for Remembrance: the Autobiography of Rosemary Clooney, an Irish-American Singer, written in collaboration with Raymond Strait and published by Playboy Press in 1977.

She chronicled her unhappy early life, her career as a singer, her marriage to Ferrer and mental health problems, concluding with her comeback as a singer and her happiness.

Her good friend Bing Crosby wrote the introduction.

Katherine Coker adapted the book for Jackie Cooper who produced and directed the television movie, Rosie: the Rosemary Clooney Story ( 1982 ) starring Sondra Locke ( who lip syncs Clooney's songs ), Penelope Milford as Betty and Tony Orlando who plays Jose Ferrer.