Bette Nesmith Graham for USD $47.5 million in 1979. At the time, her company employed 200 people and made 25 million bottles of Liquid Paper per year. Bette Nesmith died on May 12, 1980, at the age of 56, in Richardson, Texas. From the start, Graham ran her company with a unique combination of spirituality, egalitarianism, and pragmatism. Raised a Methodist, Graham converted to Christian Science in 1942, and this faith inspired the development of her corporate "Statement of Policy". Part-code of ethics, part-business philosophy, it covered everything from her belief in a "Supreme Being" to a focus on decentralized decision making and
Joanne (Michael Nesmith song) did not chart). On the B-side of "Joanne", the track "One Rose" appears. The song would be a regular on all of Nesmith's solo concert tours and has appeared on all three of his live albums: "Live At The Palais", "Live at the Britt Festival" and "Movies of the Mind". Nesmith would also spoof "Joanne" on his home video, "Elephant Parts", with the song "Rodan". The song was covered by crooner Andy Williams for his 1970 album, "The Andy Williams Show." Joanne (Michael Nesmith song) "Joanne" is a song written and performed by Michael Nesmith. It was his only hit