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Greenbergs meet with Bette Midler in New York

Bruce and Alayne Greenberg, parents of Anna Greenberg, with Bette Midler (center) in New York in June 2013. Anna, who died May 28, 2013, was a huge fan of Midler.
Bruce and Alayne Greenberg, parents of Anna Greenberg, with Bette Midler (center) in New York in June 2013. Anna, who died May 28, 2013, was a huge fan of Midler.

Bruce and Alayne Greenberg, parents of Anna Greenberg, who died May 28, 2013 after a valiant struggle with cancer, met with songwriter and actress Bette Midler last month in New York, where Midler is starring in “I’ll Eat You Last.”

“Alayne and I had a heartfelt discussion with Bette about life, and Annatude,” Bruce wrote in an email. Anna had met Midler, her longtime celebrity idol, in December 2012 in Hollywood.

A video of Midler singing “Wind Beneath My Wings” to Anna in the hospital just three days before she died has gone viral.