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Mar 24, 2010 · Laura Chilton on Alex’s Passing. Before the Big Star tribute during SXSW, publicist Heather West read a letter from Alex Chilton’s wife, Laura. Here’s the letter: “Even though Alex left this world way too soon, I feel so fortunate to have been his friend and wife.
Apr 7, 2010 · Chilton would likely have mixed feelings about such remembrances. His wife, the former Laura Kersting, says he was not sentimental about death. In his view, it happens. Move on.
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Mar 10, 2020 · It was St. Patrick’s Day, 2010. Alex Chilton was mowing the grass at his home on Esplanade Avenue when he felt shortness of breath. His wife, Laura, rushed home from work to race him to Tulane Medical Center. “Run the red light,” Alex rasped as they sped along the pothole-ridden pavement of New Orleans.
Alex Chilton. Alex Chilton (born William Alexander Chilton; December 28, 1950 – March 17, 2010) was an American musician, singer-songwriter and record producer, best known as the lead singer of the Box Tops and Big Star. [3] Chilton's early commercial success in the 1960s as a teen vocalist for the Box Tops was never repeated in later years ...
He was 59. Chilton died at a hospital in New Orleans after experiencing what appeared to be heart problems, said his long time friend John Fry. Fry, the owner of Memphis-based Ardent Studios, said...
Apr 15, 2010 · Four months later, on March 17th, Chilton died of a heart attack in New Orleans – where he had lived since the early Eighties – as his wife, Laura Kersting, rushed him to a hospital. He was...
Mar 19, 2010 · Chilton had lived on and off in New Orleans since the 1980s and had recently married Laura Kersting, a New Orleanian and longtime friend. This tribute to Alex Chilton includes links to some of his ...