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Suicide In 1979, Bird died by suicide by taking an overdose of Valium[12] in the New York apartment she shared with Garfunkel, who was deeply affected by her death. Garfunkel said, "She was beautiful, in a lonesome, haunted way, and I adored her. But I wasn't ready for marriage and she was not very comfortable being Laurie.
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On June 15, 1979, 25-year-old Bird committed suicide by taking an overdose of valium in the apartment she shared with her boyfriend Art Garfunkel in New York. Garfunkel was deeply affected by Bird's death. He stated in an interview that he "didn't have the momentum to stay in life." Bird's mother also committed suicide at the age 25.
Tragically, that same year, his longtime girlfriend, actress Laurie Bird, committed suicide at their Manhattan apartment while he was filming his role in Nicolas Roeg's Bad Timing. It took...
Following her small role as Paul Simon 's L.A. girlfriend in Woody Allen 's Annie Hall (1977), Laurie quit acting, altogether, and became a photographer. Bird committed suicide in boyfriend Art Garfunkel 's Manhattan penthouse, at the tragically young age of 25, on June 15, 1979.
Mar 17, 2014 · Laurie Bird appeared in three Two Lane Blacktop, Cockfighter, and Annie Hall. Her fiancé, Art Garfunkel, was away shooting another film, Bad Timing, when she committed suicide at the age of 26. Let Go and Go On and On blurs what little is actually known of her with her roles in these films.
Jan 27, 2003 · Art began taking his walks in 1979 after the suicide of his longtime girlfriend Laurie Bird. She died of a drugs overdose, and the event was so devastating to him that he lived in a daze for months.
