Tom Higgenson, of the Plain White T's met Delilah Dicrescenzo, a cross country runner, and was inspired to write this song. Music critic Tyrangiel called it an intimate love song that's damn near universal.. Tyrangiel praised the Plain White Tâs for managing to make another aching guy reaching out to distant girl song feel fresh... ..
In the wake of Lauren Bacallâs death aged 89 last week, on Saturday the Mail began serialising her memoirs, in which she described meeting and falling in love with Humphrey Bogart. Today, she continues the story, recalling their tempestuous marriage â and his battle with cancer.
The Beginning. On September 16, 1924, Lauren Bacall, the only daughter of Jewish immigrants, William Perske (a relative of former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres) and Natalie Weinstein-Bacal was born in New York City. She was named Betty Joan Perske and even later in her life her close friends still addressed her as Betty.