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Phil Spector gets at least 19 years for murder
reuters ^ | Fri May 29, 2009 | Steve Gorman

Posted on 05/29/2009 12:31:01 PM PDT by JoeProBono

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Eccentric music producer Phil Spector was given a sentence of 19 years to life in prison on Friday for the murder of a Hollywood actress in 2003. Spector, 69, who revolutionized pop music in the 1960s with his layered "Wall of Sound" production technique, was convicted in April of second-degree murder by a Los Angeles jury after a second trial. The first trial ended in a deadlock in 2007. Lana Clarkson, 40, a B-movie actress, died of a shot to the mouth, fired from Spector's gun in the foyer of his mock castle home outside Los Angeles on February 3, 2003. The two had met hours earlier at a Hollywood nightclub.

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To: JoeProBono

Yikes! With that hair, why bother with the suit?


21 posted on 05/29/2009 1:17:30 PM PDT by GunsareOK
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To: JoeProBono

He deserves twice the time for that “Wall of Sound” crap. Got off easy.


22 posted on 05/29/2009 2:46:07 PM PDT by Moltke
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23 posted on 05/29/2009 2:59:06 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: JoeProBono
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24 posted on 05/29/2009 3:47:39 PM PDT by RetSignman (DEMSM: "If you tell a big enough lie, frequently enough, it becomes the truth")
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Fame and fortune are a double edged sword, below is a description of Howard Hughes at the time of his death .... his estate was valued at 2.5 billion dollars in 1976. It was obvious he could not care for himself and no one would intervene.

“Hughes was reported to have died on April 5, 1976, his reclusive activities and drug use made him practically unrecognizable; his hair, beard, fingernails, and toenails were quite long, his tall 6’4” (193 cm) frame now weighed barely 90 lb. (41 kg), and the FBI had to resort to fingerprints to identify the body.
A subsequent autopsy noted kidney failure as the cause of death. Hughes was in extremely poor physical condition at the time of his death; X-rays revealed broken-off hypodermic needles still embedded in his arms and severe malnutrition. While his kidneys were damaged, his other internal organs were deemed perfectly healthy”.


25 posted on 05/29/2009 3:49:51 PM PDT by Peter Horry (Never were abilities so much below mediocrity so well rewarded - John Randolph)
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Hughes was in extremely poor physical condition at the time of his death

You ever hear of anyone dying in good physical condition?

26 posted on 05/29/2009 3:50:55 PM PDT by dfwgator (1996 2006 2008 - Good Things Come in Threes)
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To: Peter Horry
Really sad. My Godmother was under contract to him and loved to tell HH stories. Most people don't know that the plane crash that nearly killed him left him in horrible, racking pain and completely deaf. (Somewhere there's a list of his injuries, you can't imagine someone could live after that.)

She said he became reclusive because of his embarrassment over not being able to hear, but he had something incredible delivered to her on her birthday every year till he died. I never heard her say a word against him.

27 posted on 05/29/2009 4:03:05 PM PDT by Deb (Beat him, strip him and bring him to my tent!)
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To: JoeProBono
Is that pin photshopped?
28 posted on 05/29/2009 4:10:09 PM PDT by rollo tomasi (Working hard to pay for deadbeats and corrupt politicians.)
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To: JoeProBono
Sorry, this picture.


29 posted on 05/29/2009 4:12:09 PM PDT by rollo tomasi (Working hard to pay for deadbeats and corrupt politicians.)
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"Is that pin photshopped?"

Don't think so.

30 posted on 05/29/2009 4:17:38 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: JoeProBono

Too funny considering he might have to join the white supremacist faction in order to survive his jail time.


31 posted on 05/29/2009 4:23:18 PM PDT by rollo tomasi (Working hard to pay for deadbeats and corrupt politicians.)
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