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Robin Ann Snider Anderson (1948-1982) was a friend and inspiration of singer-songwriter Stevie Nicks. She was buried in Los Angeles, California, and her memorial page has photos and flowers.
A tribute to Robin Snyder Anderson, Stevie Nicks' best friend and former bandmate, who died of leukemia in 1983. Read quotes from Nicks about their friendship, her grief, and her marriage to Anderson's husband.
- Stevie Nicks and Robin Anderson Were Close Friends
- Robin Anderson Requested That Nicks Stay Away from Her Hospital Room
- Stevie Nicks and Kim Anderson Got Married
Nicks met Anderson in high school, and the two became close. With Anderson’s encouragement, Nicks performed a song at a high school assembly. This moment helped drive her future career in music. When Nicks began touring with Fleetwood Mac, Anderson joined the band on the road as Nicks’ vocal coach. According to the book Stevie Nicks: Visions, Dream...
Anderson was diagnosed with leukemia just after Nicks released her solo album, Bella Donna. The diagnosis coincided with the news that Anderson was pregnant. “My very best friend Robin called me and told me she had terminal leukemia and that they thought that maybe she might last three months,” Nicks said. “So without a doubt, it was the absolute h...
Anderson died just days after giving birth to her son, Matthew. Motivated by grief, Nicks married her friend’s widower, Kim Anderson. “She died, and they took the baby, and it was like he was three months premature, and it was horrible, it was such an upsetting situation, you know, everyone was just so devastated, and there was this little prematur...
- Emma Mckee
- Writer
On 5 October 1982, Robin Snyder Anderson, Nicks' best friend, died of leukemia. Stevie Nicks and Robin Snyder Anderson. Nicks met and befriended Robin Snyder at Arcadia High School in Los Angeles when they were either 14 or 15. Snyder, who had theatrical interests, became Nicks' speech therapist.
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Aug 22, 2023 · No stranger to inter-mingling relationships with close ones, this was an entirely different situation to infidelity with bandmates. In a state of extreme sadness and shock, Stevie felt compelled to act as a surrogate mother for baby Matthew, and married Robin's husband Kim Anderson. Stevie Nicks and Kim Anderson when they were briefly married.
Jun 10, 2023 · Robin Snyder Anderson was the dearest friend of Stevie Nicks. “She had been in my life since I was 14,” Nicks remembered in 1998. “She was the one person that knew me for the person I really was and not for the famous Stevie, and it was good to have someone who knew the real you besides just your mom and dad.”
Jul 23, 2023 · Nicks proceeded to help put Matthew through college and remained close to him. After divorcing Anderson, Nicks entered another doomed relationship, this time with former Eagles guitarist Joe Walsh. The trials and tribulations of Robin’s death would eventually find their way into Fleetwood Mac’s 1982 single ‘Gypsy’.
