Springsteen and Asbury Park's Madam Marie is dead
by The Associated Press
Tuesday July 01, 2008, 12:19 PM
Madam Marie, an Asbury Park fortune teller who was lifted from the boardwalk and into rock 'n' roll mythology by Bruce Springsteen, has died.
She was in her mid-90s.
Sally Castello tells the Asbury Park Press her great-grandmother, Madame Marie Castello, died Friday. A memorial service is Tuesday.
Castello told fortunes on the Asbury Park Boardwalk since the 1930s.
She became famous worldwide in 1973 when Bruce Springsteen paid homage to her in the song, "4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)."
His lyric, "Well, the cops finally busted Madame Marie for tellin' fortunes better than they do," cemented her fame.
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2 comments:
Terry, Danny, Russert, Marie....what a long, strange year(s) it's been.
Shows that we are getting old!
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