![]() He also had occasional seizures, which he said were due to the attack. He subsequently developed a condition that caused spasms in the muscles of his voice box. ![]() Rodgers filed a lawsuit and agreed to a $200,000 settlement. Jimmie Rodgers, singer of the 1957 hits Honeycomb and Kisses Sweeter Than Wine whose career in music and movies was disrupted by a severe head injury a decade later, has died at age 87. Los Angeles police officers insisted that Rodgers had injured himself in a fall while drunk. Find top songs and albums by Jimmie Rodgers including Honeycomb (Single Version), Kisses Sweeter Than Wine. “I rolled the window down to ask what was the matter,” he told The Toronto Star in 1987. Listen to music by Jimmie Rodgers on Apple Music. He said he had pulled over and stopped in response to a driver behind him who was flashing his lights and that an attack from an an off-duty police officer had caused his head injuries. In 1967, Rodgers was found in his car on a Los Angeles freeway suffering from a fractured skill and other injuries. ![]() His film credits included “The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come” and “Back Door to Hell” with a young Jack Nicholson. (Honeycomb) (Honeycomb) Well it's a darn good life And it's kinda funny How the Lord made the bee And the bee made the honey And the honeybee lookin' for a home And they called it honeycomb And they roamed the world and they gathered all Of the honeycomb into one sweet ball And the honeycomb from a million trips Made my baby's lips Oh. He had established himself on television with performances on variety shows when he moved into acting in movies during the 1960s. Rodgers continued making albums for the better part of the 1960s, producing music that ranged from covering traditional songs like “The Wreck Of The ‘John B.’” and “English Country Garden” to popular fare such as the ballad “Child of Clay.” With a style of singing and playing guitar that included elements of country, folk and pop, the Camas, Wash., native recorded many other Top 10 hits during the late 1950s, including “Secretly,” “Oh-Oh, I’m Falling in Love Again,” and “Are You Really Mine?” Rodgers, who grew up in Camas, and had a local street named after him in 2013, died Jan. Gone But Not Forgotten: Musicians We Lost in 2021 Jimmie Rodgers, the Camas hometown boy known for his 1950s and ’60s top-10 recording hits, including Honeycomb, Kisses Sweeter Than Wine and Oh-Oh, I’m Falling in Love Again, has died at the age of 87.
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