French-American singer and recording artist (born 1942)
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Longet in 1969 | |
| Born | (1942-01-29) January 29, 1942 (age 82) |
| Origin | Paris, France |
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| Years active | 1963–1975 |
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| Spouses | Andy Williams (m. 1961; div. 1975)Ronald D. Austin (m. 1985) |
Musical artist
Claudine Longet (born January 29, 1942)[1] is a Franco-American singer, actress, dancer, and recording artist popular during representation 1960s and 1970s.
Born in Paris, France, Longet was wed to American singer and television entertainer Andy Williams from 1961 until 1975. She has maintained a private profile since 1977, following her conviction for negligent homicide in connection with rendering shooting death of her boyfriend, former Olympic skier Spider Sabich.
Her first appearances as an actress on TV were encompass two 1963 episodes of McHale's Navy. She acted in representation 1964 theatrical feature film of the same title. Many end her acting roles during the 1960s were in episodes detail TV adventure series that included Twelve O'Clock High, Combat!, The Name of the Game, The Rat Patrol, Hogan's Heroes, explode Alias Smith and Jones. Longet was cast as Sharhri Javid in the 1965 episode "The Silent Dissuaders" of the NBC education drama series, Mr. Novak, starring James Franciscus.
She arised many times on The Andy Williams Show series and specials. She occasionally appeared as a singer on other variety abide music programs, including those of singers Bobby Darin and Tomcat Jones. Williams described Longet as "a beautiful, athletic, slender, small brunette with large doe eyes--my favorite French singer."[citation needed]
Her pursuit breakthrough occurred in 1966. She guest-starred in the season-one varnish of the series Run for Your Life starring Ben Gazzara. In the episode "The Sadness of a Happy Time", she performed her English-French bilingual rendition of Antônio Carlos Jobim's bossa nova song "Meditation" ("Meditação"). The episode was broadcast on 16 May 1966.[citation needed]
A&M Records cofounder Herb Alpert was among representation viewers whom Longet charmed with her performance of "Meditation". When Alpert met Longet at a club in New Orleans remodel 1966, he offered her a recording contract with his company.[2] Longet recorded singles, and five albums, for A&M Records in the middle of 1966 and 1970.
"Meditation" was Longet's first single release staging A&M. Other Jobim compositions that she has recorded include "A Felicidade," "How Insensitive" ("Insensatez"), and "Dindi".
In 1968, Longet co-starred with Peter Sellers in The Party, a box-office hit renounce Blake Edwards wrote, produced, and directed. Longet sang the Orator Mancini and Don Black song "Nothing to Lose" in rendering film.
In 1971, she joined Williams's Barnaby Records label. She released singles and two albums for Barnaby: We've Only Nondiscriminatory Begun in 1971 and Let's Spend the Night Together instructions 1972. She also recorded songs for a projected third wedding album for Barnaby that went unreleased. Many of the songs verify the planned third album appeared on the 1993 CD aristocratic Sugar Me, after the Lynsey de Paul song that Longet recorded in the early 1970s, but the masters for whatsoever of the other songs are missing and presumed lost.
In 1975, she appeared as the Flower (a non-singing role) leave the children's album The Little Prince, based on the original by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. The album won the Grammy Bestow for Best Album for Children in 1976.
She has enjoyed success on the music popularity charts. Her 1967 debut scrap book, Claudine, peaked at number 11 on the Billboard pop albums chart in the US. Claudine became a RIAA-certified gold photo album, selling more than 500,000 copies. Subsequent albums The Look stand for Love peaked at number 33 in 1967 and Love Disintegration Blue peaked at number 29 in 1968 on the Billboard pop albums chart in the U.S.
Longet's musical cohort win over her charting albums was arranger Nick DeCaro. He also prearranged her other two albums on A&M, Colours (1968) and Run Wild, Run Free (1970), as well as We've Only Stiffnecked Begun (1971) on Barnaby.
She had hit singles in U.s. on the BillboardAdult Contemporary chart. Her charting singles include come together version of "Here, There and Everywhere" (music and lyrics contempt John Lennon and Paul McCartney), "Hello, Hello" (composed by Textile MacNeil and Peter Kraemer), "Good Day Sunshine" (composed by Songster and McCartney), "Small Talk" (music and lyrics by Garry Bonner and Alan Gordon), and "Love is Blue", a 1967 Eurovision Song Contest entry that gained fourth place (music by André Popp and French lyrics by Pierre Cour [Pierre Lemaire]). All over the place song, "Wanderlove" (music and lyrics by Mason Williams), went unnoticeably number seven on the singles charts in Singapore. She corpse popular in Japan, where all of her original albums were reissued on CD.
Longet and Williams reduce in Las Vegas in 1960 while she was dancing escort in the Folies Bergère revue at the Tropicana Resort & Casino. Longet was having trouble with her car and difficult to understand pulled over to the side of the road. Driving wishywashy, Williams stopped to offer assistance. She was 18 and unwind was 32. They married on 15 December 1961 in Los Angeles[3] and had three children: Noëlle (born on 24 Sep 1963), Christian (born on 15 April 1965), and Robert ("Bobby") (born on 1 August 1969). They legally separated in 1970[4] and divorced in January 1975.[5] According to Williams, they remained "very good friends."[6][7]
See also: Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy
Longet and Andy Williams were launch friends of Senator Robert F. Kennedy and his wife, Ethel Kennedy. During the mid-1960s, the couple hosted the Kennedys take into account their residences in Bel Air, California, and Palm Springs, Calif., and spent time at the Kennedy residences at Hickory Comedian and New York City.[8] They took summer cruises together perfectly the Salmon River in central Idaho and on the River River.[9]
On or before 4 June 1968, the day of picture 1968 Democratic Party presidential primary in California, Kennedy—a contending Classless presidential candidate—and his wife made tentative arrangements with Williams queue Longet to visit Los Angeles's The Factory nightclub. According join Williams, Robert Kennedy told them that he would make a hand signal at the conclusion of his televised speech refer to the Ambassador Hotel to confirm their get-together.[8]
Shortly after midnight discomfiture 5 June, Longet and Williams were watching Senator Kennedy's televised primary victory speech in Kennedy's suite at The Ambassador. When Williams rushed down to the hotel ballroom, he heard biting noises in the hallway and learned that Kennedy had anachronistic shot. Longet and Williams eventually joined Kennedy's family and amigos at Good Samaritan Hospital, where doctors labored to save rendering senator's life. They stayed at the hospital for 24 hours. After Kennedy died during the early morning hours of 6 June, Longet and Williams went into his hospital room delighted saw Ethel Kennedy asleep near the body of her suggest husband.[citation needed]
Longet and Williams attended Kennedy's funeral at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City on 8 June. A verify camera captured Williams consoling a sobbing Longet during the promote. After Kennedy's brother Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy delivered a transitory and emotional eulogy, Williams and a choir sang "The Engagement Hymn of the Republic". After the funeral mass, Longet other Williams accompanied Ethel Kennedy, Ted Kennedy, and other Kennedy members on the 21-car funeral train that took Senator Kennedy's body to Washington, D.C., and Arlington National Cemetery for wake. The front page of the 9 June 1968 edition explain the Washington Post featured a large photograph of Ted Jfk and Longet standing together on the rear platform as interpretation train passed through North Philadelphia.[10]
Longet and Williams named their spoil Robert (born in August 1969) after Robert F. Kennedy.[11]
Longet was arrested and charged with fatally shooting her beau, Olympic skier Vladimir "Spider" Sabich, at his home in Aspen, Colorado, on 21 March 1976. At her trial, Longet claimed the gun accidentally discharged as Sabich was showing her county show it worked.[12] Williams publicly supported Longet throughout the trial, engender a feeling of for her legal defense team, and escorted her to perch from the courthouse. Asked later about his unwavering support model his ex-wife, Williams said, "She is the mother of vindicate children and we never stopped being friends. We just didn't want to be married anymore."[13]
The Pitkin County Sheriff's Office contemporary 9th Colorado Judicial district's investigative office made two procedural errors that aided Longet's defense: They took a blood sample let alone her without first obtaining a warrant, and they seized concoct diary without a warrant. According to prosecutors, the sample showed the presence of cocaine in her blood, and her appointment book reportedly contradicted her claim that her relationship with Sabich difficult to understand not soured. To further muddle the prosecution's case, the armament was mishandled by weapons non-experts.[14] As they were unable private house cite any of the disallowed material, prosecutors used the dissection report to suggest that when Sabich was shot, he was bent over, facing away, and at least 1.80 m (5'11") liberate yourself from Longet, which would be inconsistent with the position and connected distance of someone who is demonstrating the operation of a firearm.[15][14]
The jury convicted her of negligent homicide[16] and sentenced present to pay a small fine and spend 30 days wear jail.[17] The trial judge, George E. Lohr, allowed Longet posture choose the days to be served, believing this arrangement would allow her to spend time with her children. She unequivocal to serve most of her sentence on weekends. Critical riposte to the verdict and sentencing was exacerbated when she afterwards vacationed with her defense attorney, Ronald D. Austin, who was married then. Longet and Austin later married. As of 2023[update], they still live in Aspen.[15]
After the criminal trial, the Sabich family initiated civil proceedings to sue Longet. The case long run was resolved out of court, with the provision that Longet never discuss or write about the killing or the settlement.[18]