On this sad day, June 6, 1966, Claudette Orbison died in Roy Orbison’s arms after a motorcycle accident in Nashville, Tennessee. She was 27 years old. Claudette was Roy’s first wife. He wrote the song “Claudette” for her.
What did Roy Orbison’s wife Barbara die of?
pancreatic cancer
Barbara Orbison, Roy Orbison’s widow, died yesterday of pancreatic cancer. She was 60. Her death came on the 23rd anniversary of her husband’s death; singer Roy Orbison was 52 when he died of a sudden heart attack in 1988.
What happened to Roy Orbison’s wives?
Roy Orbison married his girlfriend Claudette Frady in 1957, but divorced in 1964 due to her infidelities. However, they reconciled 10 months later, but divorced once again in 1966. On March 25, 1969, Orbison married German teenager Barbara Jakobs, and they stayed married until his death in 1988.
