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Originally Posted by Farewell
John Lennon being fed birthday cake by Claudette Orbison while her husband Roy, son Roy Jr. (foreground) and Ringo Starr look on. It was Roy's 28th birthday and a party was thrown in London, 23 April 1964. (Photo by Daily Mirror/Mirrorpix/Mirrorpix via Getty Images)
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Such a joyous photo - and terribly sad to think that Claudette was killed in a motorcycle accident two years later, and Roy Jr. (and his younger brother Anthony) were killed in a house fire two years after that. Roy Orbison has had to endure and survive so much tragedy.