Where is Bobbie Gentry , of Ode to Billy Joe, fame, and what is she doing nowadays?

Answer 1

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I saw her dropping something into the muddy water off the Tallahatchie Bridge on Choctaw Ridge.

After some behind-the-scenes work in television production failed to hold her interest and a 1978 single for Warner Brothers ("He Did Me Wrong, But He Did It Right") failed to chart, Gentry decided to retire from show business. Her last public appearance as a performer was on Christmas night 1978, as a guest on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. She has deliberately remained out of the limelight ever since.

She was married twice. The first, to casino magnate William F. Harrah in 1969, when she was 25 and he was 58, lasted only three months, a victim of her fame. The second, to novelty singer-songwriter Jim Stafford, ended in 1979, after only eleven months of marriage and the birth of a son, Tyler. The details of Gentry's personal life after her retirement are little known, but it is generally believed that she has settled into a happy life, and enjoys being a private citizen, unhindered by the scrutiny that fame brings. . As of January 2003, she was living in Los Angeles County, California

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Answer 2

She retired from public performances years ago. I think a body was thrown off the tallahatchee bridge!

Answer 3

I wish you would have asked what the heck they threw off that bridge. That's been bothering me since the song came out.