Posted on 05/29/2007 10:39:24 AM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
PHIL SPECTOR fears his emotional and mental difficulties can be linked genetically to the fact his parents were first cousins, according to a new biography.
British author Mick Brown spent a day with the music mogul two months before he was arrested and charged with the murder of actress Lana Clarkson, and he has since turned the producer's candid comments into a book. In Tearing Down The Wall Of Sound: The Rise & Fall Of Phil Spector, Brown looks back over the eccentric mogul's life and career with the help of his subject's commentary.
The author admits he was shocked when Spector hit the headlines as an alleged murderer, because he felt sure the producer had battled his mental demons - and won. Brown says, "What I really hadn't expected was that he would be so candid about the emotional and mental difficulties that he had suffered over the years. "He talked with great honesty about his parents having been first cousins and his fears that that had left some sort of genetic mark on him.
"Looking back, I think he felt able to be so candid about all of that because he genuinely thought it was all in the past." In the book, Spector reveals, "I've been a very tortured soul... I have not been happy. I have devils inside that fight me." The record producer is currently on trial for Clarkson's 2003 murder. He stands accused of shooting the actress in the head.
I’m sure drugs have nothing to do with it.....
Maybe the hair has been leaching away brain cells.
If man is not supposed to marry his cousin then why do we have family reunions?
:)Something to contemplate as the reunion season approaches..
And here I thought you were talking about Arlen Specter
Senator (A-Pa) and Scottish Law Expert.
Hmmmm.No real difference is there?
If man is not supposed to marry his cousin then why do we have family reunions?
:)Something to contemplate as the reunion season approaches..
It is sad really.
Sorry for the double clutch, and, I was second to the well on that bit of humor.
I think my great grandfather was an atheist, and have often wondered if that had anything to do with anything.
Statistically, I doubt that is a greater number than the law of averages
My paternal grandmother's grandparents (my gr gr grandparents) were first cousins, all the male line bearing the paternal surname has died out in the descendants, many died young and/or unmarried, but one daughter lived to be 89. It's kind of pointless to speculate, and not a good idea to blame your own problems on those who went before when they could be a genetic accident or something you brought upon yourself. On the upside, my grandparents' three children had extremely high IQ's which was passed down to some extent to my sister and me, nature vs. nurture? Somebody did a study, and the male line of Martin Luther died out, thought it was the 17th generation but could have been sooner. That subject fascinates me, how some families always have males to carry on the family name.
Any risk from inbreeding is only to the children of related parents. If your mother and father are not related, then all “inbreeding” in previous generations is neutralized.
Relax.
It’s hard to imagine him in Senate
According to my quick Google-check you are mis-remembering. However, as soon as I hit "Post" I knew I should have rendered it:
"I'm an inbred American."
...or Sphincter.
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