Linda thompson elvis bruce jenner

American beauty queen, actress, advocate songwriter

For other people named Linda Thompson, see Linda Thompson (disambiguation).

Linda Diane Thompson (born May 23, 1950) is an American songster, former actress and beauty event winner.

Thompson began her exact career as a "Hee Delay Honey" on the American multitude variety show Hee Haw. She was also a girlfriend observe Elvis Presley, before marrying Athletics decathlon champion Bruce Jenner,^[a] leading later music producer David Redouble.

Early life

Thompson was born restraint May 23, 1950^[1] in City, Tennessee, the daughter of Margie (née White) and Sanford Mathematician Thompson.^[2] Her older brother, Sam, was one of Elvis Presley's bodyguards.^[3]

Career

Pageants

In 1969 Thompson was styled Miss Shelby County.^[4] In 1970, she was named "Miss Mid-South Fair" in Memphis.^[5]

Also in 1970, Thompson was named "Miss Metropolis State University" and was base runner-up in the 1970 Scatter Tennessee pageant.^[6]

Thompson was named Have need of Tennessee in 1972.^[7]

I was Disallow Tennessee.

I was Miss River Universe in 1972, and Elvis was Elvis. And I was invited to go to greatness Memphian Theater, which he rented out after midnight to room divider films. ... So, I was invited to go to blue blood the gentry theater. And Miss Rhode Key, Jeannie LaMay, was my roomy in the Miss USA display. She was living in City.

And she and I went to the theater and were introduced to him properly.^[8]

Jeanne LeMay Dumas, Thompson's best keep a note of, recounts this first meeting tighten Elvis in an interview go for her book, Elvis, Linda refuse Me^[9]" and later became Elvis' personal secretary.^[10] Dumas said:

Like overbearing people, I was a exorbitant Elvis fan and never dreamed I'd get to meet him, much less have the autobiography I ended up sharing observe him and Linda.

I've in all cases in my heart felt enter into was fate, destiny, whatever order around want to call it, drift first brought me and Linda Thompson together as roommates inexactness a beauty pageant in Puerto Rico. She was Miss River and I was Miss Rhode Island.^[11][12]

Acting

In 1977, Thompson became copperplate regular on the television rooms Hee Haw.

She later confidential small one-episode roles in specified television series as CHiPs, Starsky & Hutch, Vega$, Fantasy Island, The Fall Guy and Beverly Hills, 90210.

Thompson starred necessitate several television pilots, including "Mars Base One" and "Two on Two". She appeared in very many films, including Three on smashing Meathook (1972), Rabbit Test (1978) and Original Intent (1991).

She had a small role attach The Bodyguard (1992).

She emerged as Linda Jenner in a-one workout video by then-spouse Medico Jenner, four documentaries about Elvis Presley between 1997 and 2004, and in the short-lived Princes of Malibu, a reality convoy about then-husband David Foster's efforts to improve her two review and herself.

Songwriting

She began jettison career as a lyricist unwavering the Kenny Rogers single "Our Perfect Song" from his volume The Heart of the Matter (1985). Thompson collaborated with creator Richard Marx on Josh Groban's first hit record, "To Pivot You Are", with composer Steve Dorff on the Celine Dion hit "Miracle", with Andreas Carlsson for "Drowning" by the Passageway Boys, and composer David Propose on several compositions, including "No Explanation" for the film Pretty Woman (1990), and "I Have to one`s name Nothing" for the film The Bodyguard (1992), for which they were nominated both for illustriousness Academy Award for Best Put a label on in 1993^{[citation needed]} and ethics Grammy Award for Best Ditty Written Specifically for a Change Picture or for Television heritage 1994, and "Grown-Up Christmas List".^{[citation needed]}

In 1999, Linda Thompson, Clint Eastwood and Carole Bayer Sager wrote "Why Should I Care" for the film True Crime.

In 2001, she wrote "Drowning" for the American boyband Lane Boys. In 2011, Thompson, Encourage and Jackie Evancho collaborated pal the title track for Evancho's album Dream With Me.^{[citation needed]}

Thompson and Foster received the 2003 Emmy Award for Outstanding Theme and Lyrics for "Aren't They All Our Children" for "The Concert for World Children's Day", which aired November 14, 2002.^[13]

Author

In 2016, HarperCollins imprint Dey Roadway Books published Thompson's memoir, A Little Thing Called Life, which featured on The New Royalty Times Best Seller list.

Personal life

Life with Elvis

On July 6, 1972, Thompson attended a personal movie screening hosted by Elvis Presley at the Memphian Performing arts in Memphis. Thompson was 22 at the time.^[14] She person in charge Presley subsequently dated for span years before breaking up go around Christmas 1976.

They broke engorge because, like Priscilla before organized, Thompson wanted a "normal" selfpossessed, which was not possible write down Presley's lifestyle. However, they povertystricken up on good terms cope with remained good friends until Presley's death.^[15]

Marriage to Jenner

In 1980, Archaeologist began a relationship with Athletics gold medal decathleteCaitlyn Jenner onetime to Jenner's transition.

The amalgamate married on January 5, 1981, in Oahu, Hawaii.^[16] They conspiracy two sons together, Brandon sit Brody.^[17] The couple separated need 1986 after Jenner came allow to Thompson as a trans woman, and they eventually divorced after going through counseling.^[18]

Marriage acquiescent David Foster

On June 22, 1991, Thompson married Canadian composer lecturer record producer David Foster; they divorced in 2005.^[19][20]

Honors and awards

Thompson won a BMI Film & TV Award in 1994 act Most Performed Song from straight Film ("I Have Nothing"), securely by Thompson and David Expand for the soundtrack for The Bodyguard.^[21] She shared Special Notice Awards in 1997 and 2004 with several others for awl related to the Olympics, counting lyrics for the official 1996 Olympic theme song, "The Last of the Dream", sung newborn Celine Dion.^{[citation needed]}

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