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Music Appreciation

cyclonefence

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3. This brave woman

Reply to Figarosmom (Original post)

Sat Jul 19, 2025, 08:06 PM

Jul 19

In 1974 Francis mounted a comeback at the Westbury Music Fair in New York, but after the performance she was beaten and raped at knife point in her motel. Traumatised, she became a recluse and spent several spells in psychiatric hospitals (she later said she had been admitted against her will by her father).

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Connie Francis died yesterday. Who's Sorry Now and a few others [View all] Figarosmom Jul 19 OP

Darn. Had a crush on her when little. She was the only girl who went for the guy in big thick glasses Silent Type Jul 19 #1

Yeah i remember that movie Figarosmom Jul 19 #2

This brave woman cyclonefence Jul 19 #3

I remember this Figarosmom Jul 19 #4