A few words about DJ AM, a guy I adored and admired

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I first met DJ AM in 2004, when I attended Glamour's annual "Don't" party in L.A. I'd stepped outside to get some air, and spotted him standing a few feet away. I turned to a woman I was with and said, "I have such a crush on him." To my enormous embarrassment, she grabbed him and brought him over and said, "This is Laurie Sandell. She's an editor at Glamour. She has a crush on you!" I was mortified (to say the least), but he just smiled and said, "Aww, how about a hug?"

Three years