1. Laurie Bird was an American actress and photographer.
13 Facts About Laurie Bird
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Laurie Bird appeared in three films during the 1970s, two of which were directed by Monte Hellman.
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Laurie Bird was romantically involved with Hellman and Art Garfunkel, committing suicide in the latter's apartment by taking an overdose of Valium.
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Bird's mother died by suicide when Bird was a baby.
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Laurie Bird's father restricted her social life and she fled home multiple times.
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Laurie Bird attended Jamaica High School, in New York City, until she was 15.
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Laurie Bird was the still photographer on Cockfighter and shot the cover photo for Art Garfunkel's 1977 album Watermark.
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Laurie Bird appeared on the cover of Garfunkel's 1975 album Breakaway.
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Laurie Bird was romantically involved with her Blacktop and Cockfighter director Monte Hellman.
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From 1974 until her death in 1979, Laurie Bird was in a serious romantic relationship with Art Garfunkel.
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In 1979, Laurie Bird died by suicide by taking an overdose of Valium in the New York apartment she shared with Garfunkel, who was deeply affected by her death.
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Laurie Bird's mother commited suicide at 26, and so did she.
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Garfunkel's 1981 album Scissors Cut states in its credits that it was "dedicated to you, Laurie Bird", and carried a partial photograph of her on its back cover.