Phil Spector Killed Lana Clarkson

Here is some more on the court case story of how Phil Spector killed actress Lana Clarkson.

The family of Lana Clarkson, who was 40 when she died, reacted with relief and embraces after the court's verdict. They declined to speak to reporters gathered at the Los Angeles Superior Court downtown.

Phil Spector, who was inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989, was famous for his Wall of Sound, lush orchestrations heard on an array of hits in the 1960s and 1970s with groups like the Ronettes. He worked with the Beatles, Tina Turner, the Rolling Stones and others but had receded from the public stage and in recent years was known as much for his eccentric behavior — he has been often photographed wearing a large fright wig — as for his talent as a producer.

And according to at least five women who testified in court, Phil Spector also had a frightening penchant for firearms and drunken discourses and often mixing them.

On February 3rd, 2003, Ms. Clarkson's body was found in the foyer of Spector's highly eccentric castle-style mansion in the Los Angeles suburb of Alhambra. Clarkson had been shot in the mouth. Prosecutors said Phil Spector had tried to clean up the murder scene. Defense lawyers argued that Lana Clarkson's Hollywood ambitions had been frustrated, that she had been suicidal and that she had turned the gun on herself.

The previous trial ended in September 2007, when a jury deadlocked 10 to 2 in favor of conviction.

Source: New York Times

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