Phil Spector looks even creepier in new prison photos
By LINDA DEUTSCH ASSOCIATED PRESS
This July 24, 2013 photo released by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shows a photo of former music producer Phil Spector smiling at the camera at the California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison, in Corcoran, Calif. (AP Photo/California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation)
In this Oct. 28, 2013 photo provided by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, shows former music producer Phil Spector at the Health Care Facility in Stockton, Calif. Two newly released photos of Spector show the toll of age and prison on the once flamboyant music legend. California Department of Corrections spokeswoman Terry Thornton said Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014, the October 2013 photo was taken when Spector was moved to the prison systems huge California Heath Care Facility in Stockton. He is serving 19 years to life for the 2003 killing of actress Lana Clarkson. (AP Photo/California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation)
This July 24, 2013 photo released by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shows a photo of former music producer Phil Spector smiling at the camera at the California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison, in Corcoran, Calif. Two newly released photos of Spector show the toll of age and prison on the once flamboyant music legend. He is serving 19 years to life for the 2003 killing of actress Lana Clarkson. (AP Photo/California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation)
FILE – This May 23, 2005 file photo shows music producer Phil Spector during his trial at the Los Angeles Superior Court in Los Angeles. Two newly released photos taken in 2013 of Spector show the toll of age and prison on the once flamboyant music legend. California Department of Corrections spokeswoman Terry Thornton said Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014, the October 2013 photo was taken when Spector was moved to the prison systems huge California Heath Care Facility in Stockton. He is now serving 19 years to life for the 2003 killing of actress Lana Clarkson. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
LOS ANGELES — Two newly released photos of Phil Spector show the toll of age and prison on the once flamboyant music legend.
The most recent photo shows a bald, somber-looking 73-year-old Spector staring straight into the camera on Oct. 28, 2013. An earlier photo of a smiling Spector is dated July 24, 2013.
California Department of Corrections spokeswoman Terry Thornton said Tuesday that the October photo was taken when Spector was moved to the prison system’s huge California Heath Care Facility in Stockton. The facility provides medical and mental health care to the state’s sickest inmates, including those with chronic conditions.
Thornton said she couldn’t reveal details of Spector’s health because of state medical privacy regulations. He is serving 19 years to life for the 2003 killing of actress Lana Clarkson.
The legendary music producer revolutionized rock music with his “Wall of Sound” before his genius was eclipsed by decades of bizarre behavior that culminated in his conviction for murder. He claimed he was innocent and his defense team argued that Clarkson, despondent over a fading acting career, killed herself at his castle-like home.
His appearance in bizarre wigs at his trials and testimony about violent behavior tarnished his reputation as a musical genius who created the “Wall of Sound” that merged beautiful vocal harmonies with lavish orchestral arrangements to produce such pop hits as “Da Doo Ron Ron,” ”Be My Baby” and “He’s a Rebel.” His production of the Righteous Brothers’ version of “You’ve Lost that Loving Feeling” remains a classic.
His first jury deadlocked, but a second one found him guilty of second-degree murder in 2009 six years after Clarkson’s death. By then, he had married his much-younger wife, Rachelle, who was at his side throughout the trials and continues to live at the mansion and visits him in prison.
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