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Fred West trends as BBC calls murderer Phil Spector ‘flawed’

Fred West was not a "talented but flawed" builder.

Joe Mellor by Joe Mellor
2021-01-18 09:53
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Murderer Phil Spector has passed away while he was serving a prison sentence for his crimes.

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation confirmed he died of natural causes in hospital on Saturday.

Spector, who was born in The Bronx, New York, made his name as a record producer for what became known as the “wall of sound” recording technique with its dense, layered effect.

He worked with some of biggest stars in music including John Lennon, whose 1971 hit Imagine he produced. Ike and Tina Turner, The Ronettes, The Righteous, Cher, Bruce Springsteen and The Beatles all also worked with the producer.

A statement from the department said: “California Health Care Facility inmate Phillip Spector was pronounced deceased of natural causes at 6.35pm on Saturday, January 16, 2021, at an outside hospital.

“His official cause of death will be determined by the medical examiner in the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office.”

Lana Clarkson

The department told the PA news agency Spector was born in December 1940 and died aged 80, however The Associated Press said court documents and the producer’s lawyer gave his date of birth as 1939.

In 2009, Spector was sentenced to a minimum 19 years in prison for murdering the actress Lana Clarkson.

The 40-year-old, known for starring in films including Barbarian Queen, died of a gunshot fired into her mouth while she was in Spector’s mansion on the outskirts of Los Angeles in 2003.

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In a magazine interview, Spector had claimed she had “kissed the gun” before pulling the trigger herself, however the jury unanimously agreed he had murdered the actress.

His former wife Ronnie Spector and Spector married in 1968 and divorced six years later, with Ronnie subsequently claiming in a memoir that he would keep her prisoner in his mansion and even threatened to kill her.

BBC

The BBC led with the headline ‘talented but flawed producer dies aged Phil Spector dies aged 81’.

There was an immediate outcry on social media soon after:

1.

he literally murdered someone, BBC. that’s not a flaw pic.twitter.com/7oTBZPKfLl

— Luiseach Ní Nia (@Luiseach) January 17, 2021

2.

Please can we all take a moment to remember all the murderers who didn’t have jobs in the arts 😔 pic.twitter.com/PrtiSnqtC8

— Rosie Holt (@RosieisaHolt) January 17, 2021

3.

Talented but flawed doctor Harold Shipman has died age- pic.twitter.com/LjujE8YB2D

— James Felton (@JimMFelton) January 17, 2021

4.

How about 'Murderer, Phil Spector dies aged 81'? https://t.co/lXZVawoB9k

— Hallie Rubenhold (@HallieRubenhold) January 17, 2021

5.

https://twitter.com/Powersboy31/status/1350863174128558081

6.

Talented but flawed doctor Harold Shipman…
Talented but flawed DHSS worker Dennis Nilsen…
Talented but flawed layabout Fred West… pic.twitter.com/uPINdvmxet

— Emma Burnell (@EmmaBurnell_) January 17, 2021

7.

FLAWED??!!! pic.twitter.com/XxwcQ8NQuz

— Adam Kay (@amateuradam) January 17, 2021

8.

Fred West was not a "talented but flawed" builder.

Harold Shipman was not a "talented but flawed" doctor.

Jimmy Savile was not a "talented but flawed" DJ and TV presenter.

Phil Spector murdered Lana Clarkson. Say her name @BBCNews. pic.twitter.com/noDrYLYxGS

— David Beckett (@iamdavidbeckett) January 17, 2021

The BBC has since altered the headline to “Phil Spector: Pop producer jailed for murder dies at 81.”

Related: Watch: Lord Sumption tells stage 4 cancer sufferer her life is ‘less valuable’

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