TALENT OF A GODDESS –
Feb. 26, 2026 – Now 11 years sober, she’s revealing her “life and death” struggle with addiction for the first time in her new memoir, Kids, Wait Till You Hear This! excerpted exclusively in this week’s PEOPLE. Her mother, the legendary Judy Garland, died from an accidental overdose in 1969.At just 23, she became the head of the family, concerned for her younger siblings, Lorna and Joey Luft, then only 16 and 14 years old — and now she had to plan her mother’s funeral. Writes Minnelli, “What began as a one-day blessing soon turned into a habit, then a full-blown case of addiction in the years ahead. It was a final gift, a genetic inheritance from Mama I could not escape.” Minnelli would soon become a superstar of her own with Cabaret and Liza with a “Z” — a rollercoaster ride of sold-out shows and showstopping performances.
