Roy Orbison's Grave
gjw
the people who work there and the staff member told me that the family
originally told them that they planned to have a special headstone
created with the titles of Roy's songs on it, and the staff member
seemed bewildered as to why.
The "too grief-stricken" excuse seems unlikely. It's been almost ten
years since he died. That seems too long a time to still be unable to
make a simple phone call or arrange for someone else to do so.
steve
steve
Thos1 art wrote:
> Does anyone know if Music Legend Roy Orbison's grave is still unmarked? And if
> so is there a reason why it doesn't have at least a plaque if not a headstone?
>
> Thanks.
> I bid you peace.
>
> "Thank you, Goodnight and God Bless..."
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Fauxorb
I'm a professional Roy Orbison impersonator. We're told that Barbara, the
widow, is still too grief-stricken to address the issue. There are other
theories about her motives, but I won't get into all that. It is too bad that
he is buried out there in California all alone. His first wife, Claudette, and
the two of his sons who died in a tragic house fire while he was away on tour,
are buried in Nashville. Barbara has since moved back to Nashville to run
Orbison Productions, so he is truly quite alone and neglected. It's a pity.
MentorH
In article <19990210215452...@ng152.aol.com>, fau...@aol.com
(Fauxorb) writes:
>I'm a professional Roy Orbison impersonator.
There's a boardwalk "entertainer" in AC who vascillates between doing Presley
and Orbison, and he's become known locally as Elroy.
Mentorh
Fauxorb
Yes. He's tried to make a few people believe that he's involved with Legends
in Concert. He's not. I am. While at the moment, I am appearing in Atlantic
City, I do not now nor have I ever had a desire to impersonate Elvis. To keep
this somewhat closer to topic, is there anyone other than Elvis who has become
so much more annoying after death than when alive?
Zachariah Love
Well, Diana's the obvious answer, but there's also John Denver. In
Hollywood, not far from where I live, there's a large billboard that's
been up since right after his death (paid for by some idiot couple),
that says, "Thank you. You made a difference all over the world," and
features a list of his hit song titles and a picture of him in a bad
tuxedo, superimposed over an image of the earth. It is the epitome of
bad taste. 'Course, he was pretty annoying when he was alive ....
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Fauxorb <fau...@aol.com> wrote:
> To keep this somewhat closer to topic, is there anyone other than
> Elvis who has become so much more annoying after death than when
> alive?
Marilyn Monroe and James Dean, for starters.
JFK is the Big Kahuna in this department, though.
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Pamela Beasley
, is there anyone other than Elvis who has become
> > so much more annoying after death than when alive?
>
> Hollywood, not far from where I live,
there's a large billboard that's
> been up since right after his death (paid for by some idiot couple),
> that says, "Thank you. You made a difference all over the world," and
> features a list of his hit song titles and a picture of him in a bad
> tuxedo, superimposed over an image of the earth. It is the epitome of
> bad taste. 'Course, he was pretty annoying when he was alive ....
>
> Zachariah Love, Commissioner
> The Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool
> http://stiffs.com
> "If you build it, they will die."
Hey, Zach,
Are you so in need of a life that one bill board can irritate you?
Pam
gjw
>
> Hey, Zach,
> Are you so in need of a life that one bill board can irritate you?
>
> Pam
Actually, I've seen the billboard, and I thought it was a nice gesture.
It takes all kinds, I guess.
Thos1 art
>
>I'm a professional Roy Orbison impersonator.
Hey,thanks for the info! Let me know if you're ever around St. Louis..I'd love
to catch your act.
Zachariah Love
> Are you so in need of a life that one bill board can irritate you?
Well, I don't think having or lacking a life has anything to do with it,
but yes, one billboard that's been up for a year and a half, blocking my
view of the breathtaking Hollywood skyline does indeed irritate me. Are
you one of the airheads that's been paying for this eyesore of a "thank
you" that he can't see or hear? There's a well-spent 40 grand (that's a
guess, it's probably more). Wouldn't that money have been better spent
on, like, anything else? Cheese, for example.
Arthur van Kruining
> Are you so in need of a life that one bill board can irritate you?
If we strike from the book of life everyone who gets irritated by little
things, this newsgroup would be very busy indeed!
What irritates *me* are those 'Get a life!' people, who are so damn
unimaginative and constantly have to remind us of that fact by
condemning people for not conforming completely to what in their
bourgeois little minds constitutes 'a life'. Etc. etc.
ObObits: a famous 97-year-old art historian just died. I forgot the
name, sorry.
Proost,
Arthur.
Keith Lynch
> annoying after death than when alive?
Sure. Jesus, Mohammed, and Karl Marx.
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Fauxorb <fau...@aol.com> wrote:
> ... is there anyone other than Elvis who has become so much more
> annoying after death than when alive?>>
Not born yet when they died but sick of the media's perpetual obsessions with
Marilyn Monroe and JFK.
