"Nuts have a heart. Hard and pricky sometimes on the outside, but soft and sweet on the inside. That's my philosophy."

Elizabeth Tashjian passed away January 28, 2007.

We were saddened to learn that the Nut Lady died on Sunday at her nursing home in Old Saybrook. She was 94.

Feb 4, 2007: Obituary [New York Times]

Jan 29, 2007: Nut Lady Dies [RoadsideAmerica.com]

Jan 30, 2007: Obituary [New London Day]

Jan 30, 2007: Remembering Elizabeth Tashjian: From the RoadsideAmerica.com video archives, here is one of Elizabeth's acapella performances of her Nut Anthem, "Nuts Are Beautiful," recorded in 1985 in front of the World's Largest Nutcracker in Old Lyme, CT. [Quicktime 2.5 mb .mov]

Earlier News
- Feature on Elizabeth in The New Yorker: "The Nut Lady Returns," [April 18, 2005]
- "In a Nutshell: A Portrait of Elizabeth Tashjian" -- full-length documentary premiered April 2004.
- Filmmaker Don Bernier continues on the festival circuit in 2005.
- Re-Staging the Nut Museum - 2004 exhibit
- Nut Museum home sold, Elizabeth's art show, CT College

Feature: E.T. vows Dark Forces will not drive her nuts

Messages from the Nut Lady to her fans

About the [now defunct] NUT MUSEUM...

Sweet Sounds of Nutdom

Vintage sound recordings of the Nut Lady singing her self-penned nut songs:

	March of the Nuts Rallying the troops for full frontal assault. [492k .mp3 audio file]
	Nuts Are Beautiful The Lord's Prayer of Nutdom. [928k .mp3 audio file]

Nut Galleria
A tour of Elizabeth's nut art statements.

Nut Lady Media Watch
The Nut Lady was a living laundry list of her latest media appearances...

Visit the Peanut Gallery!
Nuts CAN change your life! Find nut appreciation by fans in the Peanut Gallery.

[256k .aif audio file]

O Mask of Nut!
Where Doth Thou
Recline?