Blake Edwards dark psychological film about the effects of alcoholism on a previously happy marriage, starred Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick. It has been described as "perhaps the most unsparing tract against drink that Hollywood has yet produced, more pessimistic than Billy Wilder's "The Lost Weekend"". The film gave another major boost to Edwards's reputation as an important director. "Darling Lili" star Julie Andrews married Edwards in 1969. While a few critics such as George Morris thought the film a major picture ("it synthesizes every major Edwards theme: the disappearance of gallantry and honor, the tension between appearances and reality, and the
John Edwards (singer) the Hot 100 in early 1980, and number 1 on the UK singles chart. Edwards remained with the Spinners until 2000, when he was incapacitated by a debilitating stroke, and was forced to retire. John Edwards (singer) Jonathan Edwards (born December 25, 1944), known as John Edwards, is an American soul singer who had a moderately successful solo career before becoming lead singer of The Spinners between 1977 and 2000. Born in St Louis, Missouri, Edwards began his musical career by singing in clubs while stationed in Germany when in the US Army. After returning to live in Duluth, Georgia,