The mysterious American singer Q Lazzarus, known mainly for the song goodbye horses used in the movie The silence of the lambsHe died on July 19 at the age of 61, the specialized site Stereogum reports this week.
Going by her real name Diane Luckey, Q Lazzarus had had immense success with her hit goodbye horses before abandoning his music career. She resurfaced in 2018 for an interview before dropping off the radar again.
Q Lazzarus had started out as a singer in a group called Q Lazzarus And The Resurrection. Taxi driver in New York Parallel to his musical career, he had met director Jonathan Demme one day by chance.
soon a documentary
The singer had made him listen to the demo of her song sailing leaves. Enchanted with the piece, the filmmaker had integrated it into his film. Dangerous in all respects (1986), a detective comedy starring Melanie Griffith.
Jonathan Demme then used goodbye horses in two movies: widow but not too much (1988) and The silence of the lambs (1991). She had called the singer for the last time to Philadelphiawhere your cover of Darling Talking heads.
Before his death, Q Lazzarus was working on a documentary about his career. Launch scheduled for 2023, with a compilation album of several of his songs.
Source: BFM TV
