We all remember LINDA
THOMPSON as Elvis' beauty queen girlfriend, ever wonder
what Linda Thompson is doing today? Statuesque
5'9" Linda Thompson was a beauty queen & runner-up
Miss USA Pageant - There was a
tele-movie based on her relationship with Elvis called, ELVIS & THE
BEAUTY QUEEN in which Stephanie Zimbalist of REMINGTON STEEL fame played
Linda. Don Johnson of MIAMI VICE and NASH BRIDGES played Elvis!
After Elvis and Linda
split, Thompson married Olympic athlete Bruce Jenner in the 1980s. She's
currently married to record producer David Foster and is now known as a
songwriter. Speaking of singers and songwriters, among the performers at
the Junior League Event honoring songwriter Linda Thompson and her
husband David Foster were Carole Bayer Sager and Tony Danza who started
his career as a song and dance man.
David Foster is a 14-time Grammy Winner and has written for such
talents as Barbra Streisand, Michael Jackson and Neil Diamond. His wife,
actress Linda, has also written lyrics for several gold and
multi-platinum records, including the Academy Award-nominated "I
Have Nothing," recorded by Whitney Houston for the film The
Bodyguard.
David Foster and Linda Thompson-Foster serve as masters of ceremonies
for the David Foster Foundation. The Fosters, both of whom are gifted
arrangers and composers, have established the David Foster Foundation to
assist families of children in need of organ transplantation.
The Fosters have a special connection to children who have received
organ transplants. Their Canada-based organization, the David Foster
Foundation, has assisted 137 families from British Columbia with
children in need of major organ transplants. The organization is a last
resort for families who have no other means of financial support for
non-medical expenses when a child must be sent to Vancouver--or out of
the province--for medical treatment. The assistance can range from
mortgage or rent payments during the time the family is away to the cost
of day care for siblings left behind while the parents are with their
sick child. Since 1985, nearly 350 babies and young children have
received the gift of life because of Dr. Bailey's pioneering vision in
the field of pediatric heart transplantation. The survival rate at Loma
Linda of nearly 80 percent continues to lead the world. More at: Girls
Guide to Elvis
Elvis Presley
reportedly spent the last five years of his life in misery trying to
evade the paparazzi and hordes of fans who hounded him every where he
went, revealed his ex-girlfriend, Linda Thompson.
Former
beauty queen Linda Thompson who dated Elvis said her life with Elvis was
like that of two vampires.
"We literally were awake all night and slept all day. The world was
turned around for him because he wasn't free to go out among
society..." Thompson, who is now married to songwriter David
Foster, admitted that there were some terrifying times for the couple,
when the paparazzi attacked them.
"They jumped on the car they were throwing themselves on the
windshield. It really wasn't safe for him to go out... In the five years
I was with him we went to dinner one time and we sat there with guards
around us and people ogling and watching every bite we
ate..."
The latest entertainment
project by Elvis' former girlfriend Linda Thompson "The
Princess of Malibu" will premiere on Fox Television Sunday,
July 10th.
The synopsis of the reality show:14 time Grammy Winner David
Foster struggles to kick out his two adult stepsons, Brandon Jenner (23)
and Brody Jenner(21), from his 22-acre mega mansion in the heart of
Malibu But the two boys, with the support of their mother Linda
Thompson, are hell bent on staying in the palatial paradise. Linda
Thompson, The Princes of Malibu' has filed for divorce from her husband
and co-star, composer David Foster. Citing reasons that ''will remain
personal and private,'' Thompson, 55, stated, "It is important to
remember that real life is not to be confused with art or
entertainment.''
WHAT
WAS YOUR FIRST IMPRESSION OF ELVIS?
Well, I
was in the lobby talking to some of the guys and a few of the people who
were hanging around and the door burst open and there was this vision.
It was the middle of July in
Memphis
and
it was very humid, just sweltering. He
had on this black cape with a high collar and a red satin lining and I
said "dressed a little like Dracula aren't we?" so you see, we
both shared a sense of humor that was very much like the other. We
just hit it off immediately because we grew up in Memphis. We had the
same religious beliefs. The same love for our family, devotion to mother
and father. We had the same sense
of loyalty, we enjoyed the same cuisine because we were both
Southerners.