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Claudine Longet \u2014 chanteuse, alleged killer, and Gilmore Girls name-check \u2014 has died. She was 84. Longet\u2019s nephew Bryan Longet confirmed the news to the Associated Press<\/a>. \u201cYou have been a true inspiration in my life and you will always be,\u201d he wrote on social media. \u201cAnother star in the sky. Thank you for everything, my aunt.\u201d<\/p>\n Longet was born in 1942 in Paris, France. She moved to America and began acting and singing in the \u201960s. She was a frequent guest on The Andy Williams Show<\/a>, and she and Williams eventually married. Longet starred in The Party, a Peter Sellers<\/a>\u2013in-brownface comedy that eventually inspired Mike Myers\u2019s The Love Guru<\/a>. <\/p>\n Aside from her singing and acting, Longet is probably best known for the 1976 death of her then-boyfriend, Olympic skier Vladimir \u201cSpider\u201d Sabich. On March 21, 1976, Longet shot Sabich in their Aspen home. She claimed the gun went off when he was trying to teach her how to use it; prosecution contended she shot him intentionally. Longet was charged with reckless manslaughter, and her defense was paid for by ex-husband Williams. He would escort her to and from the courthouse every day. The police mishandled much of the evidence, and Longet was eventually sentenced to 30 days in jail. She was allowed to pick the days she would spend in jail, and she served most of her time on weekends. The Rolling Stones wrote a song about her weekends of imprisonment, \u201cClaudine,\u201d which appeared on the Some Girls deluxe reissue. Longet eventually married one of her defense attorneys, Ronald D. Austin. They lived together until her death.<\/p>\n After her trial, Longet lived quietly in Aspen. Her cover of the Beach Boys\u2019 \u201cGod Only Knows\u201d was featured on the Gilmore Girls soundtrack. Her music also appears in Pineapple Express and The Politician.<\/p>\n Sign up for the Vulture Daily<\/p>\n An entertainment newsletter for the pop-culture obsessed.<\/p>\n Vox Media, LLC Terms and Privacy Notice<\/p>\n