Posted on 01/17/2021 8:45:19 AM PST by SamAdams76
I think I finally beat Wikipedia on this one.
one of my favorite Rock and Roll stories, when the boys (Specter, John Lennon, Mickey Dolan) were hanging out in LA Phil had a body guard, Lennon said it was to protect everyone from Phil.
From the article: “Media reports said he had died after being diagnosed four weeks ago with Covid-19 in prison, where he was serving a 19 years-to-life sentence for the murder of the actor Lana Clarkson.
“But the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation only confirmed he had died “of natural causes at 6.35pm on Saturday 16 January 2021, at an outside hospital.””
They’re already spinning as a Covid death.
She played Mrs. Vargas in “Fast Times at Ridgemont High”.
Beautiful, why did he kill her?
Phil won’t get a big Hollywood style funeral, since he was a convicted murderer. Still, wouldn’t it be something, if his funeral was produced with that same ‘Wall of Sound’ he was noted for in the recordings. Most the Millenials probably never heard of him.
I think I saw him drinkin’ a piña colada at Trader Vic’s.
I beat them on Chuck Berry several years ago. Unfortunately the profile was locked and I couldn’t update it.
Undeniable musical genius, but a pretty f**ked-up individual...
I was amused when I saw him in the coke-snorting scene at the start of Easy Rider.
All this time, I thought Spector was acquitted. Glad to hear that he was in fact imprisoned for his crime.
Great music impresario, and irreplaceable in his role at the time. Despite his unforgivable crime, it’s a little sad he had to end his days in this manner.
Amazing that OJ managed to get away with what he did. Even in the 90’s, black privilege was real.
What’s funny is that OJ was the “Whitest Black man in America” before the killings. Outside of maybe Al Cowlings, he wanted nothing to do with black people.
His hair was perfect.
What about his wig?
What were the occasions of your meeting Lana?
wig photo....
Maxine Waters: “Grab me dat wig. I want it, I tell ya’. You snatched me James Brown’s and you can get me this one.”
I took a chance and ran with it.
Who ever thought this guy would make it 5o 81? RIP.
Anecdote—During Leonard Cohen’s album sessions for Death of a Ladies Man————
“During a cryptic exchange detailed in Ira Nadel’s Cohen memoir Various Positions, Spector pointed a loaded pistol at Cohen’s throat, cocked it, and said, “I love you, Leonard.” Quietly, Cohen responded, “I hope you love me, Phil.” Cohen escaped being shot to death.
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