1. Nicolette Larson died in 1997 of cerebral edema and liver failure.
20 Facts About Nicolette Larson
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Nicolette Larson graduated from high school in Kansas City, Missouri, where she attended the University of Missouri for three semesters and worked at waitressing and office jobs before beginning to pursue the musical career she had dreamed of since singing along to the radio as a child.
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In 1975, Nicolette Larson auditioned for Hoyt Axton, who was producing Commander Cody.
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Nicolette Larson earned her first recording credit on Commander Cody's 1975 album Tales From the Ozone, toured with his band and provided background vocals on subsequent Commander Cody albums in 1977 and 1978.
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In 1977, Nicolette Larson was at Ronstadt's Malibu home when neighbor Neil Young phoned to ask Ronstadt if she could recommend a female vocal accompanist.
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Ronstadt suggested Nicolette Larson; she was the third person that day to mention Nicolette Larson to Young.
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Nicolette Larson continued her background singing career into 1978, accruing credit on recordings by Marcia Ball, Rodney Crowell, Emmylou Harris, and Norton Buffalo.
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Nicolette Larson sang on the Doobie Brothers' Minute by Minute.
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Nicolette Larson was featured on the No Nukes album recorded in September 1979 at Madison Square Garden, backed by the Doobie Brothers in her performance of "Lotta Love".
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That year Nicolette Larson was heard on the airwaves via guest appearances on "Say You'll Be Mine" by Christopher Cross and the Dirt Band's "Make a Little Magic".
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Nicolette Larson had enough residual popularity from her debut for In the Nick of Time to become a moderate success.
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In 1982 Nicolette Larson received some adult-contemporary radio airplay with her remake of "I Only Want to Be With You".
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Nicolette Larson had continued her background singing career accruing credits on releases by Tom Johnston, Linda Ronstadt, Graham Nash, John Stewart, Albert Hammond, and Rita Coolidge.
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Nicolette Larson was featured on the soundtrack album for National Lampoon's Vacation with the track "Summer Hearts".
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In 1992 Nicolette Larson reunited professionally with Neil Young to sing on his Harvest Moon album.
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In 1988, Nicolette Larson contributed to the soundtracks of the film They Call Me Renegade with the tracks "Let Me Be the One" from her 1988 album Shadows of Love.
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Nicolette Larson dated Neil Young during the Comes a Time sessions.
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In 1990, Nicolette Larson married drummer Russ Kunkel, and the two remained married until her death in 1997.
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The couple's daughter, Elsie May Nicolette Larson-Kunkel, was born in 1990.
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Nicolette Larson died on December 16,1997, in Los Angeles, California, as a result of complications arising from cerebral edema triggered by liver failure.