Interesting, raffles. I just knew this early girlfriend:
In the early morning hours of May 12, 1969, as the group traveled back from a celebratory gig in Birmingham shortly after wrapping up work on their next album, their van veered off the road. In the aftermath of the crash, Fairport Convention would never be the same. The wreck killed drummer Martin Lamble (who was just 19 at the time) as well as fashion designer and magazine columnist Jeannie Franklyn, who'd been dating guitarist Richard Thompson. Thompson suffered a broken shoulder and bassist Ashley Hutchings was sent to the hospital with assorted serious injuries, while guitarist Simon Nicol, who'd been sleeping on the floor of the vehicle when it went off the road, escaped with a concussion.