[bomp] Sharon Sheeley

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> >> Sharon Sheeley RIP, Age 62
>> MAY 18, 2002 - Songwriter Sharon Sheeley, who as a teen-ager wrote the 
>> 1950s hit "Poor Little Fool," has died of complications following a 
>> cerebral hemorrhage. She was 62. Sheeley died at Sherman Oaks Hospital 
>> Medical Center on Friday, May 17th, family friend Elizabeth Asher said. A 
>> hospital spokesman confirmed the death and declined to give further 
>> details. Asher said Sheeley had been hospitalized since she suffered the 
>> hemorrhage on May 12.Rick Nelson, teen idol and star of TV's "Ozzie and 
>> Harriet," recorded "Poor Little Fool" and it climbed to the top of the 
>> charts in 1958. Sheeley also was the girlfriend of guitarist Eddie 
>> Cochran, who sang "Summertime Blues" and "C'mon Everybody." Cochran has a 
>> wide following in England and was killed in a car crash there at age 
>> 21.Cochran influenced a generation of British musicians, including the 
>> Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Who (who covered "Summertime Blues") and 
>> Rod Stewart. British fans mark the anniversaries of his birth and death. 
>> Cochran had just completed a tour of England in 1960 when the hired car 
>> carrying him to London's Heathrow Airport smashed into a concrete 
>> telephone post. Cochran died the next day. Sheeley and fellow rocker Gene 
>> Vincent survived the crash."My most vivid memory of Sharon was of her 
>> living in London in the swingin' 60s," Sheeley's friend Asher told The 
>> Associated Press on Saturday. "She was such a California gal so she was 
>> always in a miniskirt and sandals then complained about being cold all the 
>> time." Asher also remembers the notes commending her talent that Sheeley 
>> received from the Beatles John Lennon and Paul McCartney. "She was 
>> inspirational to other people, certainly women, since she was an integral 
>> part of the male-dominated rock world," Asher said. -By LOUINN LOTA, 
>> Associated Press Writer
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