US fails miserably against Russia at the crucial UN Vote. When trading Miss Thing"-type insults doesnt clear the air, a lawsuit to determine the identity of the true widow and heir to Lymons royalties becomes inevitable. She says he didn't mean to hurt her, and blames his behavior on his addictions. Frankie marrying a schoolteacher? In 1986, the women, who were never divorced from Lymon, filed copyright claims in federal court in New York for Lymons songs. Times guidelines: a bloody beating and some genteel scenes of lovemaking. Her adversary, Morris Levy, was a powerful force in the music business. And if Zola wins she's also decided to record an album of Frankie's hits -- "I Want You to Be My Girl," "I Promise to Remember," all the big ones. When asked about his association with alleged mob figures, Levy, who was Jewish, responded: "I've been on Broadway 47 years. Why does the rain fall from up above? Or purchase a subscription for unlimited access to real news you can count on. I caught Frankie at a good time in his life. She attempted to recover all the royalties from the date of the records release because she alleged that neither Levy nor his predecessor as co-writer, George Goldner who discovered and recorded the Teenagers, was actually a songwriter. Both Zola and Elizabeth think their agreements with Levy fair, and neither plans to take legal action against him if she is found to be Lymon's widow. Army discipline, I think, teaches a man how to protect himself. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Although Emiras attorneys advised her not to talk to Paula Span until the Surrogate Court reached a decision, Anne Pomeroy of the Artist Rights Enforcement Corporation, who was working with Emiras lawyers, spoke with the reporter. Ronnie had raised a large amount of money from the benefit concerts and donations, but he had been in limbo because of the legal battle, recalled Bill Olb. She met Frankie when he was 20-years-old, backstage at the Audubon Ballroom in New York City. With black rhythm and blues releases beginning to win white audiences, music had become a ticket to glory. The origins of "Why Do Fools Fall in Love?" It teaches him responsibility and how to stand on his own two feet. Smalls Mortuary - Eastern Shore. Macron wont let go off Africa so easily, he is love sick, Canadas Debt Crisis: A Never-Ending Burden Passed On From Generation to Generation, Alcohol tax in Canada: Canadian government is taking a sip out of your beer. Whie serving at Ft. Gordon in Georgia, Frankie married again. As a child star, however, I was subjected to discipline from agents, managers and lawyers, but it was a discipline that protected me from myself so to speak. She and Frankie were riding a tour bus together in 1956, doing 81 one-nighters with a rock 'n' roll cavalcade that included Chuck Berry, the Coasters, the Penguins and Bo Diddley, as well as the Platters and the Teenagers. She has never remarried. Levys attorney responded that the agreements with Elizabeth and Zola amounted to standard industry contracts. Chuck Rubin. 1 pop hit for Diana Ross in 1981 and recently turned up in a greeting card commercial. At her insistence he checked into a Manhattan hospital to cure his drug habit, and maybe he succeeded for a time. "She was so taken with the idea of being once and for all declared the real Mrs. Frankie Lymon." He claimed that both women thought that their agreements with Levy were fair, and that neither planned to take legal action against him if she is found to be Frankies widow. Not to mention that two other members of the Teenagers have filed suit claiming they cowrote "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" Ah, Frankie. 507 residents | Coed by wing | Single and double rooms. That don't make me a Catholic. Family and friends said goodbye Friday to Emira Eagle Lymon Bryant, who. 8822 County Road 64. She says she's never recovered financially from the loss of her home and still feels "cheated," yet she also talks about Lymon's ruptured family, and, again, his drug dependency. For Frankie had helped himself to hers. * MPAA rating: R, for language and some sexuality. Gender inclusive room options available. By the time I met Frankie, he was a record deal-needing, broke ass, scam-on-his-momma-for-a-fix druggie! He followed it with Im Not a Juvenile Delinquent, I Want You to Be My Girl and other songs characterized by his trademark piercing high voice. According to the obituary published Sunday in The Augusta Chronicle, funeral arrangements will be announced by W.H. "Sell, sell, sell," he advises. Bigger than life! * Playing in general release throughout Southern California. The two surviving members of the Teenagers claim that they wrote the song with Lymon when they were all Harlem street-corner harmonizers hoping for a break. Zola testified that their affair continued off and on for several more years. He moved into her home and her bedroom. Depending on how the judge rules, the decision may reactivate a federal suit to wrest Lymon's royalties and publishing rights from the record industry executive who claims to own them. And yet -- what was it about him? "She was speechless, actually unable to talk," reported the attorney, Dwight Peterson. "Even though she had said no, she had said yes in the beginning; so Ronnie went ahead without going back and contacting Emira again. Their affair continued off and on for several years. As Waters' claim went to court, Taylor claimed that she had been sexually active with Lymon as early as the "Biggest Rock "n" Roll Show of 1956" tour. She told Span that she never recovered financially from the loss of her home and still feels "cheated." I feel sorry for him, most of all," echoes Zola. As a result, they fought and separated numerous times. Taylor, of Los Angeles, a singer with the Platters, contends she married Lymon in 1965 in Tijuana, Mexico. He was back in New York where, Elizabeth and several other witnesses swore, he said that his marriage to Zola had been only a publicity stunt. They also pointed to the absence of documentation from Mexico as evidence that Zola and Frankie never married at all. Emira's attorneys have advised her not to talk to reporters until after the Surrogate Court decision. The sum, he said, "might have been $1,500. His bride was Emira Eagle, an elementary school teacher who lived with her family in nearby Augusta. Big Seven agreed to pay Elizabeth an additional $5,000 if the federal lawsuit is dismissed because the plaintiff (Emira) is not the legal widow. Absent the kind of star performance Jennifer Lopez gave in Selena (and that films cleaner, more direct story line), cornball dramaturgy can take audiences only so far and not one note further. If Emira wins, she'll share the proceeds with Chuck Rubin and go after Morris Levy. According to Spans story, Frankie moved into Zolas home and her bedroom. In fact, Elizabeth says she saw him the day before he took his last, fatal dose of heroin. 05:00 PM - 08:00 PM. ", Like the jazz and blues artists before them, the rock and rollers of the 1950s and 1960s were often ripe for rip-offs, and royalties were underestimated or simply never paid. I loved him like a brother.". He once told a magazine interviewer that he'd been a pimp since he was 10. DONALD LYMON OBITUARY. And it stalls or kills a federal lawsuit Eagle had brought to reclaim control of the publishing rights to his song. He had a bad year in 1966. Unfortunately, shes also involved in the films least convincing area, the jarring sections that deal with the troubles brought on by Lymons habit. Lymon's managers tried packaging him as a solo crooner in a cravat. The Surrogate Court judge hearing the widowhood case pushed for a settlement. But Elizabeth's attorneys argue that she and Frankie lived in Philadelphia and therefore established a common-law marriage under Pennsylvania law. Her singing group, the Platters, had been even more successful than the Teenagers, and the group was sometimes referred to as the Four Platters and a Dish. "Remember, Frankie needed the money badly," Borstein says. "She's a square," Zola decided, noticing that Emira was coming to court in sneakers. Neither has Elizabeth or Zola. Ms. "Frankly, we do not believe that the claims set forth in the federal court case have merit," says Terrance McKnight, one of Zola's attorneys. And that led to his 1955 smash hit "Why Do Fools Fall in Love?," singing for Queen Elizabeth II at the London Palladium and performing in nightclubs and theaters worldwide. ", Doo-wop historian Philip Groia, author of "They All Sang on the Corner," attended one of Alan Freed's legendary rock 'n' roll shows at the Brooklyn Paramount in the spring of 1956. Zola, the older woman, was 17. However, it turned out she had been married to someone else at the time. Fox as three women claiming to be the legal wife of Lymon and heir to his recording royalties. Elizabeth Lymon says she married Lymon on Jan. 23, 1964, in Alexandria, Va., and bore him a daughter the following year. co-starring Halle Barry, Lela Rochon and Vivica A. Zola's attorneys argue that California law makes her a "putative spouse" entitled to share in Lymon's property. (All three women used the surname Lymon in court documents at least part of the time.) And if he put others through hell too, well, didn't he say, right in that song, that love is a losing game? That suit was suspended while Lambert determined which woman was Lymon's widow. William McCracken, who represents Emira Eagle, called her at the elementary school where she teaches. No one foresaw that the people who grew up with the music would refuse to relinquish it, repeatedly recycling it into movie sound tracks and albums, cover versions, oldies compilations and TV commercials. Yet she also talked about Lymon's ruptured family, and, again, his drug dependency. When she and Frankie fought about it, Elizabeth said in court, he pulled a gun on her and she fled. became part of the "American Graffiti" sound track and album, was a No. What's different here is that before the suit could come to trial, Elizabeth petitioned the Surrogate Court claiming that she was Lymon's widow and Zola objected claiming that she was. Though Waters was not yet divorced from her first husband when she and Frankie Lymon married in a civil ceremony in Alexandria in 1964, their union became valid when that divorce became final in 1965, the judge found. But Anne Pomeroy of the Artists Rights Enforcement Corp. (which has played a major role in the Lymon case, and about which more later) spoke with Emira at length. At one point, Levy owned more than 90 companies that employed 900 people.These included record pressing plants, tape-duplicating plants, a distribution company, a prominent New England chain of record stores, and numerous record labels. "Just make sure the artist or writer gets his share." Next comes the feisty Elizabeth Waters (Vivica A. Elizabeth Lymon said in court papers that she married Lymon on Jan. 23, 1964, in Alexandria, Va., and had his daughter, Gloria Francine, who died shortly after birth in 1965. What was there about Frankie Lymon? Set designers Clare Scarpulla, Michael Bernard. Dr. William Eugene Sexton Age 88 Hephzibah, GA, GA Dr. William Eugene Sexton, 88, husband of 69 years to Martha Frances Greenway Sexton, entered into rest Wednesday, February 22, 2023. "He had always regarded Zola as his stage mother," Elizabeth explained during the trial. Emira Lymon, who was appointed administrator of his estate in Georgia in 1973, sued her dead husband`s record company in 1984 for $500,000 in royalties. She let him live in her hillside house with instructions to pay bills out of an allowance forwarded to him by her attorney. Last to the altar is Eagle, the sister of one of the singers Army buddies. The opinion dismisses the claims of Taylor, who was unable to produce "credible proof" of her marriage to Lymon or her divorce from her previous husband, both of which she said occurred in Mexico. Back in 1956, the hit song had first been credited to Frankie Lymon, Herman Santiago, and George Goldner - head of Gee Records. "Frankie was that kind of person, your honor," she said. Zola Taylor said she married Lymon on Oct. Final briefs are due next week, with a decision expected later this spring. Owning the rights to 1950s rock and roll songs meant more in the 1980s than it did when they were hits. But her secretary and her booking agent both testified that they were witnesses to the wedding. Director Gregory Nava. ELIZABETH OGLE WATERS OBITUARY. Thats why were here today.. As Water's claim went to court, Zola Taylor ex-member of the Platters, claimed that she had been sexually active with Lymon as early as the "Biggest Rock "n" Roll Show of 1956" tour. Key parts of this chronology are in dispute, of course. According to Span, Rubin was not opposed to generating new income from old music. They had been married for 4.1 years. Recording costs and commissions for everyone from managers to choreographers could siphon off much of a groups earnings. When she returned in April, the house was in foreclosure and Frankie was gone; she never saw him alive again. Morris Levy had not become a force in the music business through fear alone; he was also very clever. Yes, the three women are gorgeous and talented, and it is fun to see them having at one another. They became lovers, Zola testified, one night in Bangor, Maine, when Frankie had won $1,700 gambling with Clyde McPhatter and she had gotten "a little loaded drinking scotch and water." Elizabeths lawyers, on the other hand, maintained her marriage was valid, which meant that neither Zolas nor Emiras could have been. Who wrote "Why Do Fools Fall in Love"? The next month, according to Zola, she and Frankie drove to Tijuana and got married in a small chapel. Lymon, known for being the lead vocalist of the world-wide popular rock group Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers, died less than a year later on Feb. 27, 1968, at age 25 in New York City, reportedly of a heroin overdose. Frankie had started using heroin again, and she was forced to hide the money from his occasional gigs in a hole in the wall of their apartment to prevent him from using it to buy drugs. Then he called Elizabeth and urged her to join him. Legacy.com reports daily on death announcements in local communities nationwide. Not that their relationship was entirely maternal. He got on that stage, and baby he was huge! Elizabeth Waters Found 1,173 people in Florida, Georgia and 49 other states. A lot of people say I knew him so long I became like him.. Friday, November 06 2020. Ash Taylor, Elizabeth Waters, and Amira Eagle reached out to Morris Levy, a music entrepreneur who retained Lymons copyrights and copyrights, claiming to be Lymons legal widow; Lymon didnt bother to divorce any of them. Emira Eagle Lymon. "I'd have killed him, I was so angry," she says. By the time Frankie showed up, unannounced, in Los Angeles, Zola had done well for herself. As legacies go, it's not bad. As the lead vocalist for the Teenagers, Lymon (played by Larenz Tate) helped turn Why Do Fools Fall in Love into one of the biggest hits of 1956. If Emira won, she would share the proceeds with Chuck Rubin and go after Morris Levy. "He was honest, completely honest," Elizabeth insisted, "Up to a point." She claimed to have . "Why Do Fools Fall in Love?" Taylor's attorneys could not be reached for comment. When she recovered, she declared that "she knew it; she'd had faith all along," Peterson said. "He had such presence, he'd just take over a stage and wipe an audience out. The doo-wop classic (its earnings boosted by Diana Ross' 1981 version and by its use in a greeting card commercial) was recorded by Lymon's group the Teenagers. He was told, after he raised the money, that she didnt want the headstone for the grave and that he wasnt authorized to put it on there.. Each woman suspected he was sleeping with the other, and both were apparently correct. And while Fools ends with an on-screen disclaimer that it is a dramatization based upon certain historical events and the lives of real people, its inability to incorporate key elements of the real Lymon story hampers it dramatically. Check places of employment, social media profiles, work history, photos and videos, resumes and CV, arrest records, publications, public records and business records . Cheesborough. When she left to tour Japan with the Platters in December 1965, she says, she left Frankie living in her hillside house with instructions to pay the bills out of an allowance forwarded by her attorney. Eagle claimed that Levy had committed fraud and copyright infringement by crediting himself as coauthor of "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" (a not uncommon practice in the history of early rock 'n' roll). Half adroit flatterer, half emotional infant, the films Lymon offers hardly a clue as to why his real-life counterpart was so irresistible to women. Back in New Jersey, Ronnie Italiano and the UGHA had adhered to Emiras aforementioned wishes and held off on moving forward with their project to acquire and place a memorial tombstone on Frankie Lymons grave until her lawsuit was settled. They were married in June 1967 at the Beulah Grove Baptist Church, with 50 members of Emiras family in attendance and a reception afterward at the Capri Lounge. Frankie Lymon died in New York. Span reported that Zolas secretary and her booking agent both testified that they were witnesses to the wedding, and that her attorneys argued that California law made her a putative (believed to be) spouse entitled to share in Frankie Lymons property. If the judge's ruling stands, "then we go to federal court and advise the judge that the party who commenced the action is the wrong party," says Levy's attorney in the case, Leon Bornstein. He decided to head to California in hopes that his old friend Zola Taylor could help him get some singing gigs in Los Angeles. ", Meanwhile, Paula Span used both interviews and court testimony to profile each of the widows in her story. Fox), a prison-hardened former shoplifter and prostitute. November 2, 1988 NEW YORK -- The judge who last winter heard three middle-aged women testify to their heartaches with the late Frankie Lymon -- the doo-wop idol who cowrote and sang "Why Do Fools. Screenplay by Tina Andrews. Visit our Her obituary was posted on February 9, 2023. "If you have any kind of heart at all," she said, "you know that he went through hell.". Lymon signed with both 20th Century Fox Records and Columbia Records, but both deals were short-lived. "Some drug users, they rob, they steal, and they do everything to sustain that habit." Last in line is Emira Eagle (Lela Rochon), a demure, well-bred Southern educator. She also stole the hearts of many people and led to a five-year legal battle to answer which of the three women who claimed to be married to the star was the real Mrs. Frankie Lemmon . Frankie Lymon had been on his record label for most of his career, and Levy knew much more about the singer than Emira, who had only been with him for a year. Elizabeth, now 46, says she's been born again, but she still strives for glamor, her skirt fashionably above the knee, her fingernails long and orange. First Visitation. Similar to the stars of today, whenever the press cites "exhaustion" it's drug related. She'd come with two girlfriends to meet her onetime idol. Waters Residence Hall is centrally located in the heart of campus along the shore of Lake Mendota. When a star-struck group like the Teenagers finally got to audition for a doo-wop impresario, such matters as copyright barely figured in the conversation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BP6P329DMKY. Im sure it probably would bring back some good memories, she said of the show that was being staged at the Imperial. She and Frankie began living together in 1962, she testified. Span wrote that Frankies relationship with Zola was not entirely maternal. "Some drug users, they rob, they steal, they do everything to sustain that habit." She plays Lemmons second wife. Paula Span, Frankie was addicted to drugs and alcohol and Elizabeth, who was 19 at the time, was sympathetic. Elizabeth Waters was a struggling part-time bill collector from Philadelphia. Elizabeth Waters Lymon, Elizabeth also acknowledged in court that she started using heroin and cocaine at this point. It was put on hold until the completion of a new trial to determine which of three women Frankie Lymon was said to have married, but none of whom he ever divorced, was his rightful widow and heir. Lymon didn't even leave a grieving widow to serve as keeper of his flame. It also dooms, at least for now, the hopes of singer Zola Mae Taylor of Los Angeles, the female member of the original Platters, and Emira Eagle, a schoolteacher from Augusta, Ga., each of whom had claimed in court that she was Lymon's widow and heir. Waters provides convenient access to libraries, the . Span wrote that back in Los Angeles, the club where Zola was performing tossed a celebration with a cake and champagne. Emira refused. The way '50s singer Frankie Lymon is presented in "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" is "mostly true. "She never disputed his role in the creation and authorship of this song," her attorney says. He can't remember what Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers sounded like that day -- the girls' shrieks all but drowned them out -- but he recalls the excitement. For his part, Rubin's not opposed to generating new income from old music. Cinematographer Ed Lachman. "Emira's Frankie Lymon is not this drunken bum," Pomeroy says. Elizabeth Waters claimed to have married Lymon in 1964 in Virginia. Both Elizabeth's and Zola's attorneys say Emira offered their clients 20 percent (for Elizabeth) and 5 percent (for Zola) of the estate. (All three women used the surname Lymon in court documents at least part of the time.) According to Paula Span, people sometimes compared Frankie with the young Michael Jackson, who also knew how to combine innocence and knowingness. 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