DORIS DAY How She Finally Found HAPPINESS

A CLOSE FRIEND OF THE BELOVED STAR SHARES DETAILS OF HER AMAZING LIFE AND LOVES

In the mid-1970s, "women's liberation" was all the rage, and Hollywood icon Doris Day felt liberated, too. She had survived the financial mess left behind by her third husband, and she was finally free from her obligation to TV's The Doris Day Show.

In late 1974, Doris had begun rehearsals for her second television special, whose guests included Rich Little, Tim Conway and "Rocky Mountain High" singer John Denver. On it, Doris, then 52, and John, 31, showed real chemistry as they dueted on "Exactly Like You." "She was seeing John," Doris' friend Paul Brogan tells Closer. "She made a point of saying that if there is a connection between people, that's what matters."