| Martin Lickert dies [message #232350] |
Mo, 13 März 2006 19:27 |
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I guess he be jammin'.
Martin Lickert, a barrister, died suddenly, only in his 50s. Once a
bookie, then horse owner, and a lover of Cheltenham, he came to the bar
late, after being touched with his 15 minutes of fame. He was Ringo
Starr's chauffeur, and played a prominent role in the film 200 Motels,
about Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention. Jeff Simmons, the
Mothers' bass player, had left the group and Zappa was unable to find
anyone to play him. In exasperation, he told his entourage the next
person to walk into the room would have the part. In walked Lickert,
who had gone to buy cigarettes for his boss, Ringo. He was hired, and
performed adequately, but became a better barrister than he was a bass
player's stand-in.
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