http://variety.com/2014/tv/news/marcia-strassman-welcome-back-kotter-actress-dies-at-66-1201339759/Marcia died of cancer at age 66. For those not familiar with American TV, she is most known for her role on Welcome Back Kotter, a recurring role on MASH, and other 70's TV shows. She was also seen in films like Honey I Shrunk The Kids.
But some may ask why post this in the "General Music" section.
Those who I've talked with and shared with in the last 10 years or so about the classic Los Angeles radio aircheck recordings will remember a song played by The Real Don Steele on one of his 1967 broadcasts that you've probably remembered me talking about repeatedly.
Marcia also was a recording artist, and on that great LA upstart label "Uni" from the 60's, among her releases was a single called "The Flower Children", which got some regional airplay and I believe briefly may have cracked the Boss 30 in '67...and it's the record Don Steele played on that Spring '67 aircheck.
It's all but forgotten now, but is one of those trippy 1967 LA regional hits that you just never hear. And it's a really obscure footnote to Marcia's career as an actress to the point where her brief recording career around 1967 isn't even mentioned in the obits/announcements I've seen.
So for all those fans of obscure 60's Sunset Strip pop/psych forgotten records, here's that single:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1F12o9j73dcRIP