Orbison married the German-born Barbara Jakobs in 1969 after the tragic deaths of his first wife, Claudette, in a 1966 motorcycle accident and his two oldest sons in a 1968 house fire. Barbara ...

Orbison's sons said in a joint statement ... However, his life was struck by tragedy first in 1966, when his wife Claudette was killed in a motorcycle accident, and again two years later when ...

In the late ’60s, Orbison suffered from several tragedies as he lost his first wife Claudette in a motorcycle accident and two of his sons in a house fire. This caused his career to also take a ...

Playing through some songs at home one day working with songwriter and collaborator Bill Dees, Roy Orbison noticed his wife Claudette Frady getting ready to go out to buy something in town.

Orbison’s sons said in a joint statement ... However, his life was struck by tragedy first in 1966, when his wife Claudette was killed in a motorcycle accident, and again two years later ...