I was immensely cheered today to see that Phil Spector was finally
rightfully convicted for the murder of Lana Clarkson. Lana was a
beautiful, vibrant woman, and a former girlfriend of mine during my
"rock star" days. I met her in her home town of Cloverdale, in Northern
California, where we became good friends. After she moved to Hollywood
to make her fortune, we dated for awhile.
We drifted apart, I married, and I was at the Courts show at the Beverly
Garland Holiday Inn several years ago. My wife and I were walking around
looking at posters to buy when this six-foot tall Amazon came up and
started squeezing the breath out of me. It was Lana, in her full
"Barbarian Queen" outfit. My wife gave me a "What th...?" look. I very,
very quickly introduced them, and we sat down with Ms.Clarkson to catch
up. .
While she was very aware of her approaching fortieth birthday, saying it
was an unhappy milestone for someone whose looks were her career, but
she was upbeat and busy reinventing herself. She was embarrassed about
being at the Courts show; I told her to stop being ridiculous, and told
her about playing crappy disco music upon occasion to make a buck. Lana
was certainly not the suicidal type, and if she did off herself, she
wouldn't have shot herself in the mouth. She was too aware of her beauty
to leave a corpse with a gaping gunshot wound to the mouth. (I saw the
police photos; Lana would have been appalled.)
We stayed in touch, mostly via e-mail, and she was busy putting together
a one woman show when the emails abruptly ceased. I found out a few days
later that she had been shot and killed by Spector. (I knew Spector had
shot /someone, /but it was several days before I knew it was Lana.)I
have been waiting for this moment ever since. Spector AND O.J in jail? I
almost have faith in the American justice system again.
I apologize for my venting, but I DID mention movie posters in the post,
so hopefully Scott will let me off with a slap on the wrist.
Greg Douglass
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