VIDEO VAULT: Did Lady Gaga Murder Lina Morgana? Or Did She Rip-Off Her Life (Or Both)?
"I guess she finally ran out of Lina material to steal," quipped pop music wags when Lady Gaga swiftly transitioned from being a full-time pop star to being a part-time actress and Tony Bennett's pall bearer. This was just after Gaga's disastrous 2013 "ArtPop" album, which seriously threatened to halt her booming pop music future.
Canny career moves? Sure, but also creepily pre-meditated insist many early-2000, NYC scenesters, who assert that Gaga's early pop success was heavily reliant on the talent, songwriting skills, and even persona, of Lina Morgana, pictured above, who died in a tragic accident (or committed suicide) (or was murdered) in 2008, right before Gaga's star rose that very same year with the release of her album, "The Fame."
Of course, Lady Gaga's early career was rife with grabby steals, from Madonna to Grace Jones and more, so it shouldn't be such a huge surprise to anyone to learn that she stole from a close friend after her death. Yet why has Gaga been blocking the release of Morgana's complete music catalog (for years now), which both she and Gaga worked on together? Why is she so curiously mute when reporters have asked her about Morgana and their work together?
Before Lina's untimely death at only 19 years old, Gaga - formerly Stephanie Germanotto, a plump-ish, early-twenties songwriter and cafe singer who grew up with wealthy NYC parents and went to high school with Nicky Hilton - was hired to help pen songs for Lina. Gaga reportedly idolized Lina and stood in awe on the sidelines as the comparably more beautiful Lina was groomed by record executives for her big break. Then it all ended with that fateful fall, or jump, from the ten-story building. Though not for Gaga.
Whatever the true story is about Gaga and Lina - witnesses to Lina's death variously describe her dancing or exercising on the roof before her death, and possibly being "emotionally disturbed" - Lina still cuts a powerful figure. After you sweep away all of the rumors, the scandal and the tall tales concocted by conspiracy-minded whackadoodles (such as "Gaga murdered Lina!" and "Gaga is into devil worship and Lina was her blood sacrifice!"), one very telling fact remains: Lina Morgana was a terrific singer and songwriter, as evidenced by "My Angel," a haunting, beautiful ballad which she wrote without Gaga. Lina deserves to heard - and Gaga should grant the release of the rest of her catalog. But so far, crickets.
Photo Credits: Instagram, AP, Lina Morgana Fan Facebook
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