U-'Sweet 'uConnie Hamzy (obuye aziwe njengoSweet Sweet Connie noma uConnie Flowers) udlule emhlabeni ngo-Agasti 21. Le ntokazi eneminyaka engama-66 ubudala yase-Arkansas nayo yaziwa kakhulu ngokuba ngelinye lamaqembu adume kakhulu ngeminyaka yama-70, kanye nama-80s. Igama elithi 'groupie' yigama lesitsotsi lowesifazane olandela a usaziwayo ngethemba lokuzibandakanya ebudlelwaneni bezocansi nabo.
Ngokusho kukaKARK, uHamzy ungeniswe esibhedlela i-CHI St Vincent ngoLwesine (Agasti 19). Umbiko wabo uphinde waveza ukuthi uHamzy wagcina ukubonakala esidlangalaleni ngoJuni ekhonsathini yezinhlobo ezahlukene ebizwa ngokuthi Yidlale Kakhulu: Amakhonsathi eBarton Coliseum.
Ngokwengxoxo yakhe ne-THV11, kubikwe ukuthi uConnie Hamzy ubenguthisha obambele eLittle Rock School District iminyaka eyi-12.
Wayengubani 'Omnandi' uConnie Hamzy?
Ubuntu beLittle Rock uConnie Hamzy udlulile ngemuva kokugula isikhashana. Wayeneminyaka engama-66. pic.twitter.com/ZKUCnv9sDm
- UJohn Kushmaul (@JohnKushmaul) Agasti 22, 2021
UConnie Hamzy (AKA Connie 'Sweet' Flowers) wazalwa ngomhlaka-9 Januwari 9 1955, eLittle Rock, e-Arkansas, lapho ayehlala khona impilo yakhe yonke.
UHamzy wathi wayehlangane ngokocansi nabaculi be-rock abaningana. UConnie kubikwa ukuthi wahlonishwa ezinsukwini zakhe njengeqembu elisezintweni ze-rock and roll.
UConnie Hamzy 'omnandi' wathi waya ocansini namatshe adumile njengoJohn Bonham, Keith Moon, Richard Carpenter, Mick Fleetwood, Alice Cooper, Huey Lewis, Doc Severinsen, Waylon Jennings, Rick Springfield, Glenn Frey noDon Henley.
izinto okufanele uzenze lapho unesithukuthezi
Ngaphezu kwalokho, uConnie naye wathi ubenakho ucansi nowayenguMongameli waseMelika uBill Clinton ngaphambi kokuthi afake isicelo sokungenela ukhetho.
Ungafi njengeqembu lomculo we-rock ngo-1973 unombolo 1 owashisa izikhotha We We an American Band by Grand Funk Railroad, Sweet Sweet Connie Hamzy ushone eneminyaka engama-66, @ KARK4News ubika ukuthi wayejwayele ukuzungeza iLittle Rock, kufaka phakathi izinto zokuhlanza isle at @mzokoloko ngoDisemba odlule nami. RIP pic.twitter.com/weixm8Po9K
- UMichael Hibblen (@hibblen) Agasti 22, 2021
Encwadini enesihloko esithi Ayikho Indlela Yokukhetha Umongameli , umbhali uJules Witcover uthe uPenthouse wakhokhela uConnie Hamzy ngenhlolokhono ngemuva kokuthi uBill Clinton ememezele ukuthi uzongenela ukhetho lokuba nguMengameli. UHamzy usola ukuthi walala naye UClinton ngenkathi engu-Governor wase-Arkansas futhi eshade noHillary Clinton. Ukuhlangana ngo-1984 kwaba sematheni ngemuva kwakhe Indlu ingxoxo ngo-1991.
Ngokuya nge-THV11, uConnie Hamzy naye uhlanganyele nayo izibopho njengoQueen, uKhozi noKiss. 'Omnandi' uConnie ubalule ukuhlangana kwakhe nezinkanyezi zomculo we-rock njengeqembu emlandweni wakhe obizwa ngokuthi I-Rock Groupie: I-Intimate Adventures ka 'Sweet Connie' evela eLittle Rock. Le ncwadi yashicilelwa ngo-1995.
Ngo-2019, uHamzy utshele i-TVH11:
'Bengizimisele ngokuba iqembu elidumile ... bengiyikho ngempela.'
UConnie Hamzy kudume ngaye engomeni yango-1973 ebizwa ngokuthi Siyiqembu laseMelika nguGrand Funk Railroad. Ingoma yayinamazwi alandelayo:
ngizothandana nini
'Izolo ebusuku eLittle Rock, ngibeke emafutheni / Kumnandi, kumnandi uConnie, wenze isenzo sakhe / Ubenalo lonke uhlelo, futhi lokho kuyiqiniso elingokwemvelo.'
UHamzy ubuye waveza izifiso zakhe zezepolitiki ngo-1996 ngesikhathi ehlose ukuba ngusihlalo ozimele we-United States House of Representatives wesifunda sakwa-2 sase-Arkansas. Kodwa-ke, akavelanga kubhalothi lokhetho olujwayelekile.
