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'70s Idol & Heroin Fiend Can't Turn Over New Leif (It's Somebody else's fault!)
New York Daily News ^ | 01/1906 | MICHELLE CARUSO

Posted on 01/19/2006 12:25:25 PM PST by CAWats




LOS ANGELES - Former teen idol Leif Garrett is hooked on heroin, his mom says - and she blames hard-partying rock 'n' roll legends like the Rolling Stones for steering her son toward drugs.

"Leif idolized rock stars ... that whole life of rock 'n' roll and drugs ... the Rolling Stones. He figured if they could do it, so could he," Garrett's distraught mother, Carolyn Stellar, told the Daily News yesterday.

(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: 70s; heroin; idol; leif; old; repeat; rerun; whocares; wob; yesterday
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To: Lizavetta

LOL!! But they had such cute accents!


And were you a Ponch or Jon (CHiPs) girL?

I liked Jon.


41 posted on 01/19/2006 12:50:24 PM PST by eyespysomething (Let's agree to respect each other's views, no matter how wrong yours might be.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

No, but I bet there was a lot of purple shades of paint sold for a few years!


42 posted on 01/19/2006 12:51:10 PM PST by eyespysomething (Let's agree to respect each other's views, no matter how wrong yours might be.)
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To: eyespysomething; PaulaB; Dashing Dasher; Jersey Republican Biker Chick; najida; teenyelliott; ...
ROFL! I had my walls just plastered with Donny posters too.

Ladies: Check out this site, but be warned!! Donny's still mine!! :oD

http://www.wtv-zone.com/teenidols/yesterday.html

43 posted on 01/19/2006 12:51:51 PM PST by Millee (Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don't.)
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To: eyespysomething

Neither. I liked the dark haired dude on "Emergency".


44 posted on 01/19/2006 12:52:32 PM PST by Lizavetta
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To: eyespysomething

Bwaaaa! Tiger Beat! I spent my $1.00 weekly allowance on that mag and 45's.

Yes, even a couple of Leif Garrett ones!


45 posted on 01/19/2006 12:53:49 PM PST by conservativebabe
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To: eyespysomething

Lavender...I'm requesting you be drummed out of Freeperdom...for admitting that....:-)


46 posted on 01/19/2006 12:54:03 PM PST by Dog ( Ayman al-Zawahiri .....Sleep tight, old man. We'll be coming for you soon.)
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To: eyespysomething

Oh god this is turning into a chick flashback thread..


47 posted on 01/19/2006 12:55:02 PM PST by Dog ( Ayman al-Zawahiri .....Sleep tight, old man. We'll be coming for you soon.)
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To: EX52D
Adonis gallery!!! They all look like they're 12! Did Michael Jackson put this together??? LOLOL!! I'm crying here!


48 posted on 01/19/2006 12:55:22 PM PST by Millee (Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don't.)
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To: Daralundy
You know that bit about possum road kill appears to be literally true.

If you exhumed a human body that had been taking a dirt nap for a couple of years, put some clothes and a guitar on him, then propped him up on stage in Richards' place with the rest of the Stones, someone would probably come up and say "Hey, Keith! Been working out?!"

49 posted on 01/19/2006 12:55:24 PM PST by GLDNGUN
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To: weegee

ewwww

isn't he dead yet?


50 posted on 01/19/2006 12:55:41 PM PST by PaulaB (Get Off Of My Cloud)
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To: Dick Vomer

Who's the chic? Looks like a young Nicolette Sheridan. Am I right?


51 posted on 01/19/2006 12:55:57 PM PST by conservativebabe
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To: eyespysomething; SittinYonder

You better get over here fast ...our your house is going to be painted lavender....:-)


52 posted on 01/19/2006 12:57:39 PM PST by Dog ( Ayman al-Zawahiri .....Sleep tight, old man. We'll be coming for you soon.)
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To: Millee

pretty sad, that now photo of Garrett.

pretty fun, that now photo of Richards


53 posted on 01/19/2006 12:57:41 PM PST by peacebaby (Good morning heartache, if you're gonna stay, you gotta get a job, I've got bills to pay.)
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To: Lizavetta

Rudolph Mantooth.  Although that's the fakest name since "Wolf Blitzer".

Owl_Eagle

(If what I just wrote makes you sad or angry,

 it was probably sarcasm)

54 posted on 01/19/2006 12:58:05 PM PST by End Times Sentinel (In Memory of my Dear Friend Henry Lee II)
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To: Lizavetta

Oooooo, me too!

When that was on TVLand for awhile, I used to be glued to it!


55 posted on 01/19/2006 12:58:20 PM PST by eyespysomething (Let's agree to respect each other's views, no matter how wrong yours might be.)
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To: conservativebabe

You are correct. Nicollette lived with Leif in his mother's house for 6 years starting at 15.


56 posted on 01/19/2006 12:58:24 PM PST by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: Dog

LOL!


57 posted on 01/19/2006 12:59:30 PM PST by eyespysomething (Let's agree to respect each other's views, no matter how wrong yours might be.)
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To: Lizavetta

Randolph Mantooth?


58 posted on 01/19/2006 12:59:50 PM PST by EX52D (They say that anger is just love disappointed...)
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To: Millee

That is too funny...and they should be wearing their shirts...


59 posted on 01/19/2006 1:00:48 PM PST by EX52D (They say that anger is just love disappointed...)
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To: PBRSTREETGANG

Whoa! How did that ever get by me? I read TigerBeat regularly!


60 posted on 01/19/2006 1:01:30 PM PST by conservativebabe
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