60 YEARS AGO TODAY:
3/27/66 - During a tour of the UK, Roy Orbison fell off a
motorbike at Hawkstone Park, Birmingham, fracturing his foot. He played his remaining dates sitting on a stool and walking on crutches (and wearing his dark
glasses, I would imagine!)
Incredibly, Roy's wife Claudette will be killed while riding her motorcycle ten weeks later after being hit by a truck in Nashville, Tennessee. She was only 27 years old. (Watch for our 60 YEARS AGO TODAY entry on June 6th, 1966, for more details.) Tragedy would continue to plague Orbison's personal life ... two years later, Roy would lose two of his children in a house fire while he was away on tour in England.
