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After They Were Famous
swingaleg
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Every now and then you hear a name and think 'oh, I remember them, wonder what happened to them'................of course when you're my age the probability is that anyone who was famous when I was a kid is dead.........but still !
Someone on the radio mentioned Nina and Frederik..............I remember them !
They were a continental goody-goody folk singing duo who appeared on TV a lot in the late 50s, early 60s and had a few hits singing songs like 'Little Donkey'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qudi6JqE-M
Part of the reason they were famous is because they were aristocrats ........Frederik was the Baron von Pallandt
So I thought I'd just check out what happened to Frederik after he was famous......
Blimey !..........:o
Turned out that Frederik settled in the Phillipines where he joined an Aussie crime syndicate and was shot dead in a drug running dispute.........:o
Can you think of anyone else who's 'after they were famous' is so out of sync with their popular reputation ?
Someone on the radio mentioned Nina and Frederik..............I remember them !
They were a continental goody-goody folk singing duo who appeared on TV a lot in the late 50s, early 60s and had a few hits singing songs like 'Little Donkey'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qudi6JqE-M
Part of the reason they were famous is because they were aristocrats ........Frederik was the Baron von Pallandt
So I thought I'd just check out what happened to Frederik after he was famous......
Blimey !..........:o
Turned out that Frederik settled in the Phillipines where he joined an Aussie crime syndicate and was shot dead in a drug running dispute.........:o
Can you think of anyone else who's 'after they were famous' is so out of sync with their popular reputation ?
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not quite the same though because he was doing the things that he's now famous for when he was famous...........
and he's never really stopped being famous
I was thinking more of people who haven't been heard of for a few decades and when you discover what happened to them 'out of the limelight' it comes as a bit of a shock !
On the other side of the party wall here is a famous 1980's musician. One hit wonder himself, but a lot of writing credits. He's still writing.
There you go.....
I think there are a couple of similar websites around.
enjoy!
See, I always knew there was a threesome going on. Bit like Geoffrey, Bungle and Zippy. I bet Zippy is drunk in a gutter somewhere, or goosing pole dancers. Or something.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000625/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_lk1
....blimey - he hasn't changed a bit!!! I remember watching that show and he still looks exactly the same today.....!!!
He's a bit like that Ralph 'Karate Kid' Macchio dude who never seems to age - he also looks exactly like he did back in the Karate Kid films...!!!!
Blimey.........I used to use Farringdon tube station a lot and there's a key cutting place right next to the station entrance
I bought some shoelaces there once !
Maybe it was Zammo who sold them to me.......:o
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diff'rent_Strokes
The series made stars out of child actors Gary Coleman, Todd Bridges, and Dana Plato, and became known for the "very special episodes" in which serious issues such as racism, illegal drug use, and child sexual abuse were dramatically explored. The lives of these stars were later plagued by legal troubles and drug addiction, as the stardom and success they achieved while on the show eluded them after the series was cancelled, with both Plato and Coleman having early deaths.
There was one, and that may have been the one! It's all been redeveloped round there now, though - the station's all new and everything going south as far as the viaduct has been/is being Crossrailed to hell. Haven't been round there in just over a year.
...Or on trial. Everyone else from his era seems to be! ;-)