Connie Francis? Who knew? The other venues that were listed on the ad that I saw said, "Sold Out." It's nice to know that Francis is still kicking around, even though she looked overweight and a victim of Hollywood plastic surgery in recent photos. Who's sorry now that she went on an Oreo cookie binge? Seriously, for all of the hits early in her career ("Who's Sorry Now?", "Where the Boys Are", "My Happiness") she's had a remarkably sad life, including the following:
* Her first husband was physically abusive to her
* She was madly in love with Bobby Darin, but her father, for reasons unknown, hated him and broke up the relationship by chasing after him with a gun
* She was raped while on tour in 1974 and won a subsequent lawsuit against Howard Johnson for failing to repair a broken lock on her motel room door
* Her brother was murdered in 1981
* Sinus problems and nasal operations affected her voice and sidelined her career for several years
* She suffers from bi-polar disorder
* She's been married four times
Francis' life is also supposed to become a movie written by singer Gloria Estefan, who plans to star in the movie as well (she's 50, even older than Kevin Spacey was when he played Bobby Darin in Beyond the Sea. If they plan on making this movie soon, they better get cracking. I suppose if they want to be really creepy about it they could star in it together.)
For more information on Francis' tour, check out her official fan website.
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