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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Seems odd that Wikipedia would skip the best parts.
It's not widely reported. You will note the big gap in the 70s in her history, and that she went from nun to Lesbian drug suicide so you could infer that she went through some changes in the intervening years.
But this is not something I picked up in idle bar chatter, but was a big article in one of the local newsweeklies, though back in the early 90s or late 80s, so perhaps not available through online searching.
Strega, the shoes are super cute.
Steph, if you ever get to meet Mel Gibson, promise me you'll say that.
Best overheard of a fellow teacher at the training I was at, "Hey, if a kid wants to learn something, that's not my problem."
Man, last night I dreamed that I was at a gala or some similar event requiring formal attire, and I was in a very heated argument with Mel Gibson. I even told him, "Look, you're very handsome in your white tie, but you're still a bigoted asshole."
Probably more constructive than when I turned to the BF at four this morning and asked "why did you give me the hammers?" and "did you give me the cto report?"
awww, Strega. We'll have a belated bday party for you in LA.
Allyson, did you go to paper source?
I didnt get to go, Kat. Which bummed me out hardcore.
I'm sorry. that bites.
Man, last night I dreamed that I was at a gala or some similar event requiring formal attire, and I was in a very heated argument with Mel Gibson.
Heh. Today at work two people mentioned having dreams featuring Tom Cruise. Maybe this is some new kind of PR effort they've developed.
Shoes are ordered! And also a pair of pricier but comfier shoes, because I have this superstition that if I get two pairs, at least one of them will fit.
We'll have a belated bday party for you in LA.Ooo. I'm gonna use that as an excuse to get out of whatever my friends are planning.
The composer's own life, however, did not fare as well as her first songs. In 1966, as Debbie Reynolds portrayed her in The Singing Nun (a dud Sister Smile reportedly dismissed as "fiction"), Deckers hung up her habit to pursue a full-time singing career under her given name. But when two singles - the controversial birth control anthem "Glory Be to God for the Golden Pill" and the prophetically titled "Sister Smile Is Dead" - went nowhere, Deckers quietly turned to teaching handicapped youngsters in Wavre, Belgium, eventually opening her own school for autistic children.
Sadly, she seemed ill-prepared for life outside the convent. By 1985, then in her 50s, Deckers was overwhelmed by debt, with the Belgian government claiming she owed $63,000 in back taxes. Pushed to desperation when she thought she would lose her school, she swallowed a lethal amount of barbiturates with alcohol, and was joined by her companion of 10 years, Annie Pecher, a physiotherapist and a fellow former nun. Found near their bodies was a poignant note from both, asking for forgiveness and understanding: "We hope God will welcome us. He saw us suffer, so He should show clemency."
Purtell, Tim. "The Singing Nun's story." Entertainment Weekly n149 (Dec 18, 1992 n149): 76(1)
ok , I copied the cite - not as detailed as David's version , but hints...
and it looks like there is a play called The Tragic and Horrible Life of the Singing Nun which looks like it goes even further than David's story.
and the straight dope's take [link] which looks like there are a lot of rumors which can't be proven.