Sunday, January 20, 2008

Janis Joplin Update

iWon News - New Marker for Janis Joplin's Texas Home: "PORT ARTHUR, Texas (AP) - Janis Joplin's laugh still rings in the memory of a childhood friend.

At a gathering to dedicate a historic marker in front of one of the singer's childhood homes, Monteel Copple recalled her friend's laugh as they tried to keep their skirts in place while hanging upside down on the school's monkey bars.

'I can remember her giggle,' Copple told those gathered Saturday for the dedication of the Texas State Historical Marker.

Saturday would have been Joplin's 65th birthday. She died of a drug overdose on Oct. 4, 1970."

Thanks to Jeff Meyerson for the link.

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