Phil Spector New Prison Photos Show Toll Of Jail On Music Producer Convicted Of Murder
Phil Spector's Latest Prison Mug Shots Are Truly Chilling
Sara C Nelson— Huffington Post UK/AP
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Newly released photos of former music producer and convicted murderer Phil Spector have been released.
The 73-year-old is bald, gaunt and sombre-looking in an image dated 28 October 2013.
An earlier one of him smiling is dated 24 July 2013.
Scroll down for a gallery of flamboyant Phil Spector hairstyles
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Phil Spector in a prison mugshot dated 28 October 2013
Spector is serving 19 years to life for the 2003 killing of actress Lana Clarkson.
The legendary music producer revolutionised rock music with his "Wall of Sound" before his genius was eclipsed by decades of bizarre behaviour that culminated in his conviction for murder.
He claimed he was innocent and his defence team argued that Clarkson, depressed over a fading acting career, killed herself at his palatial home.
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Spector is serving 19 years to life for the killing of actress Lana Clarkson
California Department of Corrections spokeswoman Terry Thornton said on Tuesday that the October photo was taken when Spector was moved to the prison system's huge California Heath Care Facility in Stockton.
The facility provides medical and mental health care to the state's sickest inmates, including those with chronic conditions.
Thornton said she couldn't reveal details of Spector's health because of state medical privacy regulations.
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Spector Hair(01 of09)
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** FILE **In this combination of file photos music producer Phil Spector is shown with different hair styles during his murder trial from left, in May 2005 to July 2007, in Los Angeles Superior Court. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Jury Reaches Verdict In Phil Spector Murder Trial(02 of09)
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LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 13: In this police booking photo released by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Dept., rock music producer Phil Spector poses for a mugshot April 13, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. Spector was found guilty of second degree murder during the re-trial in the shooting death of actress Lana Clarkson in 2003. (Photo by Los Angeles County Sherriff's Department via Getty Images) (credit:Handout via Getty Images)
Music producer Phil Spector faces judge(03 of09)
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Music producer Phil Spector faces judge Larry Paul Fidler in a Los Angeles courtroom on May 29, 2009, to hear his sentence for the murder of actress Lana Clarkson six years ago. Spector was sentenced Friday to 19 years to life in prison after being found guilty last month of murdering an actress at his Los Angeles mansion six years ago. Fidler sentenced 69-year-old Spector to 15 years in prison for second-degree murder, plus another four years enhancement for gun possession, and he is not eligible for probation. POOL-AL SEIB (Photo credit should read AL SEIB/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:AFP via Getty Images)
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Phil Spector looks toward the back of the courtroom before the reading of the verdict in his murder retrial on April 13, 2209 at Los Angeles Superior Court. Spector was found guilty of second degree murder in the 2003 death of actress Lana Clarkson. AFP PHOTO / POOL / AL SEIB (Photo credit should read AL SEIB/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:AFP via Getty Images)
Retrial Of Music Producer Phil Spector Continues(05 of09)
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LOS ANGELES, CA - DECEMBER 02: Renowned music producer Phil Spector wears a button in support of President-Elect Barack Obama while arriving at Superior Court as his 2nd degree murder retrial continues on December 2, 2008 in Los Angeles, California. Spector is charged with shooting actress and House of Blues VIP hostess Lana Clarkson, 40, to death in his Alhambra, California mansion on February 3, 2003. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images) (credit:David McNew via Getty Images)
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Music producer Phil Spector arrives at the Los Angeles Superior Court 26 September 2007 in Los Angeles. A mistrial was declared in the murder court case of Spector after jurors said they were unable to reach a verdict. Spector was on trial for the murder of actress Lana Clarkson at his castle-like Los Angeles mansion in February 2003. AFP PHOTO/GABRIEL BOUYS (Photo credit should read GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:GABRIEL BOUYS via Getty Images)
Murder Trial Continues For Phil Spector(07 of09)
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LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 26: Music producer Phil Spector appears at his murder trial in Superior Court July 26, 2007 in Los Angeles, California. Spector, 67, is accused of murdering 40-year-old Lana Clarkson in February 2003 hours after meeting her at a Hollywood nightclub. (Photo by Jamie Rector/Getty Images) (credit:Jamie Rector via Getty Images)
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Los Angeles, UNITED STATES: Music producer Phil Spector listens to testimony during his murder trial at the Los Angeles Superior Court 25 June 2007 in Los Angeles, CA. Spector, 67, is accused of fatally shooting actress Lana Clarkson at his home in February 2003. AFP PHOTO/POOL/Damian DOVARGANES (Photo credit should read DAMIAN DOVARGANES/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:AFP via Getty Images)
Phil Spector Trial Continues(09 of09)
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LOS ANGELES - JUNE 5: Music producer Phil Spector stands during the afternoon session of his murder trial at Los Angeles Superior Court June 5, 2007 in Los Angeles. Spector, 67, is accused of the murder of actress Lana Clarkson, who was found shot dead in Spector's Alhambra, California mansion on February 3, 2003. (Photo by Fred Prouser-Pool/Getty Images) (credit:Pool via Getty Images)
His appearance in bizarre wigs at his trials and testimony about violent behaviour tarnished his reputation as a musical genius who created the "Wall of Sound" that merged beautiful vocal harmonies with lavish orchestral arrangements to produce such pop hits as "Da Doo Ron Ron," ''Be My Baby" and "He's a Rebel."
His production of the Righteous Brothers' version of "You've Lost that Loving Feeling" remains a classic.
His first jury deadlocked, but a second one found him guilty of second-degree murder in 2009 six years after Clarkson's death.
By then, he had married his much-younger wife, Rachelle, who was at his side throughout the trials and continues to live at the mansion and visits him in prison.