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Jun 24, 2015 · Laurie Bird died on me when I was coming home from Bad Timing. That was 1979, and I was suitably shocked. I became very reclusive. I did the Concert In Central Park with Paul [in 1981], but I had ...
Laurie Bird. Laurie Bird was a cute and charming actress who appeared in only three pictures during her regrettably short-lived career. Bird was born on September 26, 1953 in Long Island, New York. Laurie was working as a model when she was chosen by director Monte Hellman, from nearly 500 women, to portray "The Girl" in Two-Lane Blacktop (1971).
The album features a partial photograph of Laurie Bird on its back cover. At Laurie's funeral, her father revealed that her mother, who ostensibly had died of ovarian cancer, had also committed suicide at about the same age. ∼ Laurie Bird (September 26, 1953 – June 15, 1979)[3] was an American film actress and photographer. She appeared in ...
Jan 19, 2009 · Charles Willeford: " (Bird) leaped out of a window and killed herself in New York. She was with a famous pop singer when she defenestrated herself, and he was quite upset by her suicide." Monte Hellman: "Although the overdose of valium was not accidental, Laurie expected Art Garfunkel to arrive momentarily and save her, and therefore didn't ...
Art Garfunkel. Arthur Ira Garfunkel (born November 5, 1941) is an American singer, actor and poet who is best known for his partnership with Paul Simon in the folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel. Born in Forest Hills, Queens, New York, Garfunkel became acquainted with Simon through an elementary school play, a production of Alice in Wonderland, and ...
James Taylor and Laurie Bird rehearse a scene with the director Monte Hellman for the movie "Two-Lane Blacktop" which was released in 1971. Hitchhiker Laurie Bird slips from a panel truck into the back of their custom 1955 Chevy while driver James Taylor and mechanic Dennis Wilson grab a...
Apr 27, 2021 · From left, Laurie Bird, James Taylor and Dennis Wilson in Monte Hellman’s film Two-Lane Blacktop, 1971. Photograph: Landmark Media/Alamy. Movies. This article is more than 2 years old.
