Claudine Longet, Entertainer Who Shot Olympian Boyfriend, Dies at 84

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Source: New York Times


Claudine Longet in a 1963 episode of the television show “Dr. Kildare.” Everett Collection

Claudine Longet, Entertainer Who Shot Olympian Boyfriend, Dies at 84

A singer and actress, she drew wide attention for the fatal 1976 shooting of Spider Sabich. She was convicted of negligent homicide.

By Trip Gabriel
May 15, 2026
Updated 6:28 p.m. ET


Claudine Longet, a French-born singer and actress who recorded a hit album of easy-listening music and starred opposite Peter Sellers onscreen, but drew even wider attention for fatally shooting her boyfriend, the Olympic skier Spider Sabich, has died. She was 84. ... Her death was announced by Bryan Longet, a nephew, who provided no details about when or where she died.

A former Las Vegas showgirl, Ms. Longet was known for her dark good looks and sexy-whispery voice on albums including “Claudine”; for an early marriage to the “Moon River” crooner and TV variety show star Andy Williams; and, after the 1976 shooting, which set off tabloid headlines like bottle rockets, for being the subject of a tasteless skit on “Saturday Night Live.”

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https://www.nytimes.com/by/trip-gabriel

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/us/claudine-longet-dead.html

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That skit was on the first episode of SNL I watched. I was not impressed.

[Skittles]

1. like OJ, she got away with murder

I suppose it's a bit of justice it shadowed the rest of her life and is highlighted in her death headlines.

[BigmanPigman]

2. Another win for celebrity injustice.

Have money and connections...you get off every damn time! This will never change.

When I am "queen of the world" it will change. That's my fantasy.

[Fla Dem]

3. If you scroll down the New York Times link in mahatmakanejeeves post you will have a never ending list of short

obituaries of some notable and some not as notable personalities. Starting this week and I got as far as January 2025, but the list goes on well into 2023.

https://www.nytimes.com/by/trip-gabriel

[moreland01]

4. She was a very close friend of

my Uncle. RIP.

[Omaha Steve]

5. I had one of her albums in the 60's during grade school

[Midwestern Democrat]

6. I remember a poem in the "National Lampoon":

There once was a girl named Longet
Who came to Aspen to stay
And then along came a Spider
Who sat down beside her
And she blew the poor fucker away

[LudwigPastorius]

7. _