Celebrities Who Died In Jail

Posted by Reinaldo Massengill on Thursday, May 2, 2024

In the 1960s, record producer Phil Spector was an icon, working with just about every famous band of the time. Unlike producers of the past, Spector was seen as an auteur, bringing a unique approach, dubbed the "Wall of Sound" to dozens of records that ended up being hits. By doubling or even tripling the sounds of the instruments and applying a thick wash of echo, Spector invented a loud, rich sound that had previously gone unseen in the music world.

The Wall of Sound spawned many imitators, and some musicians still use the technique today, many years after Spector's shocking fall from grace. On February 3, 2003, Spector met a nightclub hostess named Lana Clarkson, according to The New York Times. He invited her back to his home, but the night ended with Clarkson dead in Spector's foyer. According to testimony by Spector's chauffeur, who was waiting nearby, he heard a pop and then saw Spector emerge with a revolver in his hand, uttering the words that would ultimately guarantee his prison sentence: "I think I killed somebody."

During a drawn-out legal process with Spector looking increasingly disheveled, his first trial, ending in 2007, resulted in a hung jury, but a second trial that ended in 2009 resulted in Spector's conviction and imprisonment. In early 2021, after more than a decade of incarceration, Spector died on January 16th due to complications resulting from the COVID-19 virus.

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