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May 27, 1985 · Roland, their older son, then 19, was rebellious but had his mother’s forceful personality and striking blond looks. His brother, David, 15, was quiet and dutiful, a model student. Everyone was...
Feb 21, 2023 · Sadly, Roland Winkler died on May 25, 2017, at the age of 57, having dealt with "constant physical problems from the accident which eventually led to his passing," according to his Find a Grave page.
Jul 28, 2021 · While doing research for a Leif Garrett episode in 1999, Gallagher learned that the former teen idol had been behind the wheel during an auto accident in 1979 that left his passenger, Roland ...
Oct 26, 2017 · At first glance, the faded 1903 photograph of Madame Debeinche’s bedroom, bound in the yellowed pages of an early 20th-century album, shows what looks to be an unremarkable middle-class Parisian...
Jul 22, 1987 · Roland Winkler, who was a passenger in the speeding Porsche of former rock star-actor Leif Garrett when it rear-ended another car and shot over a freeway embankment on Nov. 3, 1979, previously...
Garrett’s memoir, Idol Truth, released in November 2019, is a no-holds barred look at the former teen idol’s life crammed with untold personal stories, wild celebrity anecdotes and many rare photos from his private collection.
The accident left his passenger and friend, Roland Winkler, a paraplegic. [28] Garrett had only met Winkler about a month earlier. [29] Neither Garrett nor Winkler was wearing a seatbelt. Garrett was later tried as a juvenile on drunk-driving charges; his driver's license was suspended for a year and he was placed on a year's probation. [30]
