Solitaire, it gets so lonely. . .

[yendi]

So, woke up this morning, hit cnn.com, and found that Laura Branigan had died.

Color me sad.

Yeah, I know, her last hit was nearly twenty years ago. But damn, I loved her stuff.

And it's not like she was exactly old, either.

Comments

[silme.livejournal.com]

She's not that much older than I am... Oh my.

I'd not known she was in Love, Janis in NYC. It debuted in Denver -- it's an excellent play. I'm assuming she was the singing Janis and not the talking Janis; she'd be good in that role. (The part was so consuming they had to split it into two.)

Wow.

[yendi]

I hadn't heard about that play until reading about Laura's death. I guess all the hype for the Janis biopics had overshadowed the play.

[silme.livejournal.com]

That's too bad. It's a very, very good play. Janis' little sister cooperated fully -- it's based on the letters Janis wrote to her.

Laura Branigan

[nishar.livejournal.com]

I shall miss her. Laura Branigan was one of the people that got me listening to music on the radio: and not just playing my disco records all the time.

Re: Laura Branigan

[yendi]

*nod* For me, as well.

[dindin.livejournal.com]

::jaw drop:: 47...man...

As an aside, mearth was here, and said "Who's Laura Branigan?" Kids these days...

[kyburg.livejournal.com]

That's just sad. Her husband had died in 1996 -

[zuggy9.livejournal.com]

Wow, so young. I always loved "Self Control"

[phantom_wolfboy]

Yeah, I saw that on my way to work this morning. I don't know about anyone else, but I'll miss her.

And you never know; that next hit could have come any time.

[slipjig.livejournal.com]

Oh, hell, man...