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Probably you already know this, but just in case:

Monday, 3rd, 20:38 GMT
LOS ANGELES (CNN) -- Music
producer Phil Spector, the man
behind the famous "Wall of Sound"
recordings of the 1960s, has been
charged with murder in connection
with the early morning death of a
woman at his suburban Los Angeles
home.

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Mirek

I was just coming here to post about that. Didn't he pull a gun on Cohen too?

Yes, perhaps this tragic event can duly be dubbed his latest, final production, Death of a Man's Lady.

I just joined up today so I could let this website know about it! (I'll try to ensure I don't post again unless I have something really original to say!)Clearly, people who use this site are very up-to-date with news. Maybe Cohen is lucky he has had no further ties with Spector. Spector has intrigued me since I first read about the making of 'Death of a Lady's Man', but I never expected to read the headline I did today in the New York Times. As I know nothing further about this incident, I wonder if Spector will be found to be innocent, or this was an accident/ provoked? It would be pretty sad if someone so influential was still so dangerously unstable, years after the making of Cohen's album.

Is anything known about the victim? In my news paper it said she was in her early twenties.

Yes, and perhaps when we find out the details of this poor woman's death Lizzy can come up with another sick pun about it.

For Shame!

Too judgemental for a pawn, tsk tsk!!!

Are you kidding? A woman is DEAD and a man's life is in ruins ---- yeah, lets all sit around thinking up stupid little jokes about it.

Judgementally yours,

Lowly Pawn

Lighten up pawn, it was a good pun irrespective of anything else.

p.

I don't agree Partisan


It was pathetic and rather predictable, but hey let's all have a cheap laugh.

But from now on, I don't want to see anymore hypocritical, mushy, love and compassion jive from Lizzytysh.

Pawns should not attack fish bits
nor judge on their fierce bite
confine themselves to the facts
and sit on their cardboard chequered mats!
Rules of pawns, part one.
ps pawns should never attack a queen!
Georges

for G-d's sake, Pown, people get killed every day. Thousands of them. You can read about it in just about any newspapers. You can even learn it is partly your fault too from such magazines like Z-magazine...

so why not make fun of it? life is of little value today. so cheap jokes about death are as good as any cheap jokes i'd know about.

JURICA

p.s.
do try and stay alive

I seriously asked does anyone know anything about the poor girl that was shot? I guess not.

from AP via yahoo.....

LOS ANGELES - The actress found slain in music producer Phil Spector's mansion was a cult figure in B-movies who sold her pinups on the Internet and worked as a ticket collector at a blues club as her career faded, associates said.



Lana Clarkson, 40, was discovered by B-movie king Roger Corman and starred in a series of films including "Barbarian Queen," a character Corman said was the model for TV's "Xena: Warrior Princess."


"Lana was a beautiful woman, a wonderful actress, and an adventurous spirit," Corman said Tuesday in a statement. "Always brave, she performed all of her own stunts, and showed unusual fortitude and athleticism in her horseback riding and fight sequences."


Spector was arrested before dawn Monday for investigation of first-degree murder after Clarkson's body was found in the foyer of his mansion, about 15 miles (24 kilometers) northeast of Los Angeles. He was freed Monday night after posting $1 million bail. No charges have been filed.


Lt. Dan Rosenberg said deputies found the weapon used in the slaying but declined to say where in the house it was located. The call reporting that shots had been fired came from inside the residence, he said.


The investigation into the slaying shows that Spector and Clarkson met at a nightclub in Los Angeles, said Craig Harvey of the Los Angeles County coroner's office. No further details were immediately available.


Clarkson had her own Web site and a company called Living Doll Productions. She appeared in TV commercials and was a guest at comic book and pop culture conventions dressed as "Barbarian Queen."


She began working last month at the House of Blues on the Sunset Strip where she was a ticket collector and hostess, friends and associates said.


"She wasn't thrilled to have people from the industry see her doing that, but she thought it was a good step to get back into the mainstream," said her neighbor, Paul Pietrewicz.


Clarkson's lawyer, Roderick J. Lindblom, issued a statement late Tuesday from her family thanking "Lana's extended family, friends and fans for the outpouring of love and support that they have shown during this extremely difficult time."


The statement asked that the family's privacy be respected during its time of mourning. The lawyer declined to identify the family members.


Julie Jungwirth said she's rented a one-story house in the Venice area of Los Angeles to Clarkson for over two years. Clarkson would attach a letter with every rent payment, she said.


"In the last letter, she apologized for sending the rent in late. She said last year was not so great for her and ended it by saying 2003 will be better. It's so sad to think about that," Jungwirth said.


Spector's lawyer, Robert Shapiro, once an attorney for O.J. Simpson, declined requests for comment from The Associated Press. Spector's next court appearance was set for March 3.

A Red-Letter Day!

IT'S OFFICAL

George pronounces Lizzytysh Queen of the Forum.