Karen Carpeneter died 42 years ago.

@unclewilbur that's what I thought too. Although I have a degree, I am dumb as a rock when it comes to plants.

@immatthewj oh you had to show off. At least I made bad first impressions on zero celebrities 

 At least I made bad first impressions on zero celebrities 

Well, @grislybutter , if nothing else, I guess I was able to accomplish that during the days of which  I was trying to party like a rock star.  

ok, I dug one up (in the biggest loser category):

I got arrested at the Queen's Budapest concert when I climbed a 20 foot wall to get inside the stadium. Not only I didn't see the Queen (how cool that would have been) but I was embarrassed to ashes in front of my date. A german sheppard dragged me down and placed me in front of the cops like a frail bird in a split second. It was impressive. 

just an amazng  voice. she  is  truly  missed  by  everyone . 

@grislybutter , I cannot even come close to topping that. As far as the Lynyrd Skynyrd experience that the OP shared, that’s another one I have nothing to compare to.

I watched a couple of documentaries about that band, and the one I liked the best, that I found most interesting, was (I think) the one titled If I Leave Here Tomorrow. Anyway, back after the crash in the late ’70s and early ’80s when I was in the Air Force I found their music to be great to drink massive quantities of alcohol and do other stuff and to party to, but as fascinating as I now find their story, most of the music that band recorded now does very little for me (although if I got loaded up on Jack Daniels it might come back to me why I used to like it), but I will say that I really like the beginning of Sweet Home Alabama (". . . big wheels keep on turning, carry me home to see my kin, singing songs about the southland . . .")

And after watching that documentary, even though it didn’t rejuvenate my enthusiasm for their music, it made me think I would have liked to have been partying with them when they were in their heyday. They were impressive.