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Anderson. Daughter of Robert Miller Snider and Belva Boering Lucas Snider. Robin was the dearest friend of singer-songwriter Stevie Nicks from the time they were in high school. She was the inspiration for Nicks' hit song Gypsy and other works.
- 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
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.”.
- Jeanette Leech
May 1, 2001 · Robin Snyder Anderson was Stevie’s childhood friend. They met at Arcadia High School in the mid-1960s. Sadly, Robin succumbed to leukemia in 1982. Shortly before passing away, Robin gave birth to her and her husband’s (record executive Kim Anderson) son, Matthew.
Dec 31, 2021 · However, in 1983, grief changed her plans and pushed Nicks to the altar. Her best friend at the time, Robin Snyder Anderson, had just died of leukemia a few days after giving birth to her son and Nicks, and Anderson's family was devastated.
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- October 7, 1997
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Stevie Nicks holding her BFF Robin Snyder Anderson’s baby Matthew, two days after Robin died (Pinterest) Robin passed away soon after Matthew, her baby boy, was born. Nicks was shattered at the loss of her best friend. It was during this time Nicks went back on her decision of remaining a spinster.
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Dec 24, 2021 · In 1983, Nicks’ lifelong best friend Robin Snyder Anderson died of leukemia just days after giving birth. Nicks believed that by marrying her friend’s widower, Kim Anderson, she could help...
