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Lana Jean Clarkson, 40, was found dead at Phil Spector’s Alhambra mansion, the Pyrenees Castle, on February 3, 2003. She had met Spector earlier that night at the House of Blues in Los Angeles; they left together in Spector’s limousine. Clarkson was discovered slumped in a chair with a single gunshot wound to her mouth and broken teeth scattered on the carpet.

Spector’s driver, Adriano de Souza, testified that Spector emerged from the house holding a gun and said he thought he had killed someone. Spector maintained the death was a suicide, but prosecutors argued evidence and testimony pointed to homicide, citing a pattern they described of Spector pulling guns on women when they tried to leave his presence after drinking. His fingerprints were not found on the gun.

The first trial in 2007 ended in a mistrial with a hung jury. A retrial began in October 2008, and on April 13, 2009, Spector was convicted of second-degree murder and later sentenced to 19 years to life. Does anyone have memories of Lana’s last public appearances or details about that night at the House of Blues that could shed light on what happened?