Walk of Fame Star for Roy Orbison

[annie]

(UKPA) – 11 hours ago

Late rock 'n' roll pioneer Roy Orbison has been honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Orbison's widow Barbara accepted the star in front of the Capitol Records building on his behalf.

Orbison died in 1988 at the age of 52, in the midst of a comeback with The Traveling Wilburys, a whimsical supergroup that included Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne. Lynne attended the ceremony, as did Eric Idle, Chris Isaak, Joe Walsh and Dwight Yoakam.

Orbison was famous for the wide range of his distinctive and emotional voice, especially in his songs about unrequited love like Only The Lonely, Crying, In Dreams and Oh, Pretty Woman.

It's about time!!

 

[LG]

They should have bestowed this honor when he was alive, but better late than never I suppose.

 

[annie]

They should have bestowed this honor when he was alive, but better late than never I suppose.

22 years posthumous almost seems like an afterthought. I wonder what made them remember?

 

[LG]

Who knows, that's what irritates me about so many of these honorary things, some of the most deserving wait for decades and the lightweights go right to the front of the line...

Probably a little guilt set in, realizing that they screwed up and finally got around to showing Roy some well earned respect.

 

[Magic]

He definitely deserved it.

Do you think they will eventually run out of space on the Hollywood Walk of Fame? This could be why they are discriminate in their choices of who to give the stars to.

 

[TheFeldster]

^^ They'll probably have to start a Walk of Fame Mk II somewhere in the world one day

But, Orbison is definitely a deserving recipient of such an honour