In 1971 the first "Natasja" (French: "Natacha") album, "Natasja,
luchtstewardess" (Original title: "Natacha, hôtesse de l'air")
is published by Dupuis. The series was created by François Walthéry
(drawings) and Gos (Roland Goossens) (story). The character was
created by Walthéry in 1965 partly based on Mireille Darc, France
Gall, and Dany Carrel. Due to censorship, more specifically the
explicitly female forms of Natacha, the first story was only
published five years later in 1970 in the Belgian comics magazine
Spirou/Robbedoes.
No 1 "Natasja,
luchtstewardess"
full-colour
never published in
English
story by Gos
(Roland Goossens) and drawings by François Walthéry
Original French
title: "Natacha, hôtesse de l'air"
No 1 "Natasja,
luchtstewardess" (Original title: "Natacha, hôtesse de l'air")
Synopsis
Natasja is the
stewardess on a special chartered flight. On the flight are a South
American football team, two boxes of toys and two gold crates. It
soon becomes clear that the real footballers stayed on the ground and
that impostors took their place. The flight is diverted to an
equatorial island...
Natasja and Walter
The Co-Pilot (left) and The Pilot (right)
The gangsters, Natasja and Walter
Natasja and the headhunters
Walthéry partly based Natasja on Mireille Darc, France
Gall and Dany Carrel
Cars
Fiat 850 Spider
Citroën DS
Volkswagen 1200
(Beetle)
unidentified mini-bus, the
drawing was probably based on the Renault Estafette
unidentified American
car
Fiat 850 Spider
Citroën DS, Fiat 850 Spider and Volkswagen 1200 (Beetle)
Unidentified mini-bus, the
drawing was probably based on the Renault Estafette
On March 16th 1970,
American Motown artist Tammi Terrell died, she was only 24 years old.
Tammi Terrell was born as Thomasina Winifred Montgomery on April 29,
1945. She was the older of 2 children born in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, to Thomas Montgomery and Jennie Graham. She lived with
her parents at 1327 W. York Street, where her father operated a
barber shop.
After graduating
from Germantown High School, Thomasina entered the University of
Pennsylvania and majored in psychology for two years, but left
college to enter the music business. She recorded two solo singles
for the Scepter/Wand label as Tammy Montgomery. Both singles released
in 1961, "If You See Bill", and "Voice of Experience", failed
to chart. Afterwards she performed in 1962 at the Rip Tide in
Wildwood, New York, with Steve Gibson and the Redcaps. In 1963 she
performed with James Brown and released the single "I Cried".
Next she signed with Checker Records' label, releasing one single, "If I Would Marry You".
Tammi Terrell and Marvin Gaye
Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
In 1965 she signed
with Motown Records. During this period she changed her name from
Tammi Montgomery to the more "catchy" Tammi Terrell, scoring a
couple of Top 30 singles in 1966: "I Can't Believe You Love Me"
and "Come on and See Me".
Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
Tammi Terrell and Marvin Gaye
In 1967 she met
Marvin Gaye and they recorded duets including "Ain't No Mountain
High Enough" and "Your Precious Love". That fall while
they sang "Your Precious Love" onstage at Ogden Hall at
Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, she collapsed into Marvin's arms.
She was promptly hospitalised and was later diagnosed with brain
cancer. Terrell would undergo eight separate operations over the next
three years for cancer; suffering from memory loss and blindness, she
became too sick to sing. Tammi Terrell was buried in Mount Lawn
Cemetery in Philadelphia. Marvin Gaye was devastated by her death. He
took a long hiatus from live performances...
Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell: "Ain't no Mountain High Enough" (1967) Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell: "Your Precious Love" (1969)
