Imodeli nomlingisikazi uKimberly Herrin, owadonsa amehlo abalandeli be-rock ngevidiyo yeZZ Top ye-1984 ethi “Legs”, ushone eneminyaka engu-65.
Imbangela yokufa ibingakadalulwa. Isidumbu seSanta Barbara News-Press simane sithi ushone “ngokuthula” ngo-Okthoba 28.
Ngemva kokuphothula esikoleni esiphakeme ngo-1975, u-Herring waqala ukumodela. I-blonde egobile yahlobisa izembozo zomagazini abaningi, okuhlanganisa nomagazini ka-March 1981 we-Playboy, lapho aqanjwa khona ngokuthi i-Playmate of the Month.
Eminyakeni emibili kamuva, i-ZZ Top yakhipha i-albhamu yayo ye-Eliminator ephumelele ngendlela emangalisayo. Amavidiyo e-“Gimme All Your Lovin’” kanye nethi “Sharp Dressed Man” abonisa abanobuhle abathathu abavame ukubizwa ngokuthi amantombazane e-ZZ Top. Ekuqaleni, u-Herrin wayengeyona ingxenye yeqembu, kodwa ngaphambi kokusebenza kuvidiyo engxenyeni yesithathu ye-ZZ Top Girls trilogy "Legs", indawo yavela.
“BengiseLos Angeles nabangane. Ngivuke sekwephuzile. Ngangenwa umkhuhlane,” kukhumbula uHerring engxoxweni ngo-2013. “Ngihlole [i-autoresponder] yami e-Santa Barbara futhi kwaba khona ukulingisa [ZZ Top]. Bengilapho namuhla futhi nginehora. Ngangihlanya.
Imodeli igijimele kunhlolokhono - ngaphandle kwemfashini yendabuko kanye nezimonyo - futhi yahlaba iqembu ngendlela ehlukile.
“Babiza igama lami futhi ngabazi abafana beqembu,” kukhumbula uHerring. “Ngixolise ngokuza. Ngabe sengibuza ukuthi ukhona yini onamanzi amaminerali, noma ubhiya ongcono nakakhulu. Kumelwe bome nabo. Baletha ubhiya futhi saqala ukukhuluma ngayo yonke into – izithuthuthu, abapheki bakachili, u-Santa Barbara… …bangabantu abalungile ngempela. Sayiqeda.”
U-Herrin uzonikezwa i-Legs, ethola indima ephezulu njenge-blonde enezinwele ezibomvu. Ividiyo yaba yisisekelo se-MTV futhi yawina i-VMA yayo yokuqala ye-Best Group Video ngo-1984.
Ngemuva kokuqopha isongwe, kubikwa ukuthi u-Herrin ubelokhu ethintana noBilly Gibbons weZZ Top, kwesinye isikhathi ejoyina iqembu ngemuva kwemidlalo lapho behlangana khona. I-ZZ Top kamuva yambuyisela emsebenzini kuvidiyo ye-1985 eyodwa yabo ethi "Isikhwama Sokulala".
Ukuduma kwevidiyo yomculo ethi "Izinyawo" kusize u-Herrin ukuthi enze izindima ezivelele, okuhlanganisa izindima ku-Romance the Stone, Road House, kanye ne-Beverly Hills Cop 2. Imodeli iphinde yaba ne-cameo engasoze yalibaleka ku-Ghostbusters lapho ayedlala khona isipoki ephusheni ayenalo. ivela ngenhla komlingiswa ka-Dan Aykroyd uRay.
U-Herrin uphinde waqhubeka nokuvela kumavidiyo omculo ngawo wonke ama-80s, okuhlanganisa nenguqulo kaDavid Lee Roth ethi “California Girls” kanye nevidiyo ye-Kiss yango-1987 ethi Exposed.
Ngaphezu kokumodela, u-Herrin wangenela eminye imisebenzi eminingana. Wayenenkampani yezingubo zabesifazane kafushane futhi kamuva wabhala Incwadi Yocansi. Kamuva wazenzela owakhe ubucwebe waqhubeka ehlala eSanta Barbara kwaze kwaba sekufeni kwakhe.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Nov-17-2022