My friend Lois Lane is big with the celebrity crushes so I'm giving her a forum to share who she's into, who she's falling out of love with and which former famous boyfriends just need to be put down.

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Robert Palmer

In 1988 his was my first concert. I loved to look again and again at the glossy pictures of that tour program. Oh, how I wish I had hung onto that item. Right now I also wish I still had the Heavy Nova album – the second CD I ever bought - to pop in and listen to my favorite version of ‘It Could Happen to You’.

There hasn’t been much time around these parts to submit retroactive write-ups about flames of my youth. But, Robert Palmer was one of the original Boyfriends. I was only 13, so it was pretty innocent. He was just so suave, and far be it from me to crush on someone normal for a teenage girl growing up in the 80’s.

When I heard that he died suddenly at the age of 54 (on Friday 9-26-03), I felt truly sad...and not just a little strange that a former crush had passed away. As clichéd as it seems, he was really a classy cat, someone unique and genuinely talented. In these days of incessant playing of 80’s music on nearly every station on the radio dial, his music was still fresh and listenable. I mean, who doesn’t love to crank up ‘I Didn’t Mean to Turn You On’?

There isn’t much to write that hasn’t been written in the news reports. I will just direct you to his official site for more info to get yourself up to speed on his music and career.

You’ll be missed, Mr. Palmer.

Opinions expressed in Lois Lane's Imaginary Celebrity Boyfriend Corral are solely those of Lois Lane and do not reflect those of Bad Tiki or its owner. Lois Lane is not a professional celebrity stalker, she is just an enthusiastic young woman with internet access and occasionally dubious taste in men.

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