SISTER SMILE
Today is the feast of St. Dominique: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZupHlrSDwc&feature=related
However, this post is dedicated to “Soeur Sourire” (Sister Smile) or The Singing Nun, played by Debbie Reynolds. Her real name was Jeanine Deckers or Sister Luc Gabriel. She was a Belgian Dominican nun whose single “Dominique” hit number one on the Billboard Charts in 1963, with all proceeds going to her convent. However, she left the convent in 1967 to become a teacher and embrace her lesbian sexuality.
Unfortunately almost 20 years later the Belgian government claimed she owed them fifty to eighty thousand dollars in back taxes for royalties collected from the song. Deckers claimed all the money went to her convent, however no receipts could be found. She descended into drug and alcohol abuse and a nervous breakdown, committing suicide with her partner in 1985.
Wikipedia says "In a great irony, the very day of her suicide and unknown to her, the Belgian association that collects royalties for songwriters (SABAM) awarded her approximately $300,000 (571,658 Belgian francs)- - more than enough to have paid off her debt and provide for her."
However, this post is dedicated to “Soeur Sourire” (Sister Smile) or The Singing Nun, played by Debbie Reynolds. Her real name was Jeanine Deckers or Sister Luc Gabriel. She was a Belgian Dominican nun whose single “Dominique” hit number one on the Billboard Charts in 1963, with all proceeds going to her convent. However, she left the convent in 1967 to become a teacher and embrace her lesbian sexuality.
Unfortunately almost 20 years later the Belgian government claimed she owed them fifty to eighty thousand dollars in back taxes for royalties collected from the song. Deckers claimed all the money went to her convent, however no receipts could be found. She descended into drug and alcohol abuse and a nervous breakdown, committing suicide with her partner in 1985.
Wikipedia says "In a great irony, the very day of her suicide and unknown to her, the Belgian association that collects royalties for songwriters (SABAM) awarded her approximately $300,000 (571,658 Belgian francs)- - more than enough to have paid off her debt and provide for her."
posted by Numerologist at 7:26 PM
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