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Post by the Scribe on Apr 8, 2020 1:04:56 GMT
I had heard from a band member of hers (now deceased) that in the mid 70's Linda was involved with a business exec. and that he was the "love of her life". She was seeing J. Brown during this time but this guy was her real love and they met at different venues where she was performing. He didn't know why but for some reason they never married and as we all know she never married. He said the man's first name was Rick. Does anyone know who this man was and why they never married.
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Post by the Scribe on Apr 8, 2020 1:05:16 GMT
I wonder if the Rick might actually be Richard Simmons. Like George Lucas they were never photographed together and I heard that Richard is also a recluse. He resembles Leo Sayer whom Linda seemed to be fond of. He is also a businessman but I never saw him in a suit. Mostly sweat pants or shorts but off camera he was well dressed. He is also quite the comedian. Funny guy.
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Post by the Scribe on Apr 8, 2020 1:05:31 GMT
I wonder if the Rick might actually be Richard Simmons. Like George Lucas they were never photographed together and I heard that Richard is also a recluse. He resembles Leo Sayer whom Linda seemed to be fond of. He is also a businessman but I never saw him in a suit. Mostly sweat pants or shorts but off camera he was well dressed. He is also quite the comedian. Funny guy. um, no. I don't think that is a likely match up lol.
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Post by the Scribe on Apr 8, 2020 1:06:34 GMT
The only person I have ever heard Linda describe that way was J.D. Souther.. Souther is the only man I've ever heard (or read) Linda decsribing as the love of her life. Still, Linda could've been dating someone in the late 70s that she felt the same way about, and as discreet as she could be, the always nosy news media (especially the tabloid press) never got wind of it. Maybe Jerry Brown was just "window dressing" to throw the media off? And maybe that person was responsible for the lyrics Linda wrote for "Try Me Again," although I always assumed Brown had been the party who had inspired the lyrics.
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Post by the Scribe on Apr 8, 2020 1:07:01 GMT
I REMEMBER READING SOMEWHERE SHE WROTE "TRY ME AGAIN" ABOUT ALBERT BROOKS. THE TIMING SEEMS RIGHT, SO I THINK THAT'S ACCURATE.
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Post by the Scribe on Apr 8, 2020 1:07:26 GMT
The person known as Rick is Richard Norton, who was offered a job doing security on a 1979 U.S. tour with Linda Ronstadt as her personal bodyguard and trainer. (Linda looks just like one of my sisters in this photo. Just sayin'.)
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Post by the Scribe on Apr 8, 2020 1:07:50 GMT
Somehow, Richard Norton just doesn't look the business exec type and I don't remember hearing anything in the late 70s about the two of them being involved. If he was her bodyguard and personal trainer, they would've been together a lot more than just a few venues. But, assuming he was the "love of her life," maybe one reason it didn't work out was that she would've paid him for his services as a bodyguard and personal trainer, making her his boss. That's never a good arrangement in any relationship as resentment in some form usually rears its ugly head.
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Post by the Scribe on Apr 8, 2020 1:09:06 GMT
he doesn't look so bad now..at least.... what was with that 70's porn star look back then ? was not appealing. That said he didn't seem like her type. (Everyone looked like porn stars after the 60's)
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Post by the Scribe on Apr 8, 2020 1:11:34 GMT
I agree on that. He didn't look like her type, then or now but anything's possible, I guess. I couldn't really have seen Linda being the fiance of George Lucas either, but she was for a short time. As for Norton, he still doesn't look like the business executive type either. (Looks seemed to be secondary where Linda's interests were concerned. Down to Earth, kind, intelligent, creative and a little bit sexy went a long way.)
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Post by the Scribe on Apr 8, 2020 1:12:23 GMT
I agree on that. He didn't look like her type, then or now but anything's possible, I guess. I couldn't really have seen Linda being the fiance of George Lucas either, but she was for a short time. As for Norton, he still doesn't look like the business executive type either. maybe he caught her in a weak moment. even now he looks more like the type to hang around chuck norris.. rom my googling,I believe he does.. and you know what they say birds of a feather ....
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Post by the Scribe on Apr 8, 2020 1:12:44 GMT
If that's the same guy, her taste totally changed over the years. I find it hard to believe that this was the love of her life.
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Post by the Scribe on Apr 8, 2020 1:13:03 GMT
maybe he caught her in a weak moment. even now he looks more like the type to hang around chuck norris.. rom my googling,I believe he does.. and you know what they say birds of a feather .... Hangs out with Chuck Norris? That's not surprising, I guess. I thought many of those karate-bodybuilders-bodyguard types in the 70s had huge egos and were looking for a way to break into show business. And what better stepping stone than to make friends with someone who was already a celebrity? Chuck Norris always claimed he helped train Elvis in karate, helped Elvis achieve his eighth degree black belt but I never heard anyone in Elvis's circle mention Elvis working out with Norris. Not even Red West, who like Elvis, was into karate. I would hope that Norton didn't view Linda as a stepping stone on to greater things but that may be one reason why any relationship between the two didn't work out.
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Post by the Scribe on Apr 8, 2020 1:13:33 GMT
Find it amusing we're speculating on a 'type'. If we go via the public record not possible. besides I thought the pic was cute (matching shirts! precursor to Houston/Costner 'The Bodyguard'??!!) RN is Australian and I suspect this was shot during the first tour. I have also seen him accompany LR at awards shows.
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Post by the Scribe on Apr 8, 2020 1:13:56 GMT
Find it amusing we're speculating on a 'type'. If we go via the public record not possible. besides I thought the pic was cute (matching shirts! precursor to Houston/Costner 'The Bodyguard'??!!) RN is Australian and I suspect this was shot during the first tour. I have also seen him accompany LR at awards shows. As mentioned earlier, anything was possible. If Linda had a relationship with Richard Norton, it was a relationship that was off the news media radar, especially the tabloid media radar. He didn't look like her type but the curious thing is maybe that's why the news media didn't connect the two. They, and the public as well, were used to celebrities dating other celebrities rather than non-celebrities. A celebrity dating a non-celebrity isn't unheard of but it's more the rarity. And in Linda's case, she did date other celebrities, musicians, Gov. Brown. It would've been impossible for Linda in the 70s to date someone without the media knowing it but if she did date Norton (or any other non-celebrity), she kept that relationship well hidden from the news media.
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Post by the Scribe on Apr 8, 2020 1:14:20 GMT
my point really is who cares if she dated Norton? Lot of judgement about the man.
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