That gorgeous girl is Holly. They were together off and on for a few years. It was a love-hate relationship, Wonderful when he was sober, horrible when he was drinking. They stayed with me in Venice for about a month in the mid 80's. I forbid Louie from drinking in my home since my 12 year old daughter was living with me then. He would climb out the bedroom window at night and sneak down to the liquor store and bring back a six pack.
Watchez info is pretty much right on. Louie died under questionable circumstances right after he made a big score. I was with him at the Sands. He made that big score, ran down to Phoenix and was dead a day later. I NEVER believed he committed suicide. When he got drunk he was a little crazy but not suicidal. The brother (or son) of his current wife did not like Louie because he was draining her of money. Louie was good at that. By the way, the money he had won a couple of days before never turned up.
Luoie was the most charismatic human being I ever met. He charmed EVERYONE! Girls adored him and men wanted to hang out with him. He and Keith were the "stars" of their era. He may have also been the greatest shot maker who ever lived. He liked to cut balls along the rail, when they were a fraction of an inch off the rail. He could shoot that ball down the table at warp speed and it never wavered from it's perfectly straight line, all the way to the pocket. And that's with the cue ball at about an 80 degree angle! He would make shots like over and over, with the object ball never touching the rail! You just had to see it to believe it.
I have a couple of Louie stories in my book. I loved him but the last few years it was hard to be around him for long. He was too self destructive. I believe he was 40 when he died.
Louie was a great athlete as a young man; a chamipon gymnast, diver and pole vaulter. He could also do the best imitation of Elvis you ever saw. Like I said, he had Charisma with a capital C. The greatest pool matches ever and the funniest were when Keith played Louie. I'll tell you about the time they played "mum" pool in Memphis later. Frickin' hilarious!
Watchez info is pretty much right on. Louie died under questionable circumstances right after he made a big score. I was with him at the Sands. He made that big score, ran down to Phoenix and was dead a day later. I NEVER believed he committed suicide. When he got drunk he was a little crazy but not suicidal. The brother (or son) of his current wife did not like Louie because he was draining her of money. Louie was good at that. By the way, the money he had won a couple of days before never turned up.
Luoie was the most charismatic human being I ever met. He charmed EVERYONE! Girls adored him and men wanted to hang out with him. He and Keith were the "stars" of their era. He may have also been the greatest shot maker who ever lived. He liked to cut balls along the rail, when they were a fraction of an inch off the rail. He could shoot that ball down the table at warp speed and it never wavered from it's perfectly straight line, all the way to the pocket. And that's with the cue ball at about an 80 degree angle! He would make shots like over and over, with the object ball never touching the rail! You just had to see it to believe it.
I have a couple of Louie stories in my book. I loved him but the last few years it was hard to be around him for long. He was too self destructive. I believe he was 40 when he died.
Louie was a great athlete as a young man; a chamipon gymnast, diver and pole vaulter. He could also do the best imitation of Elvis you ever saw. Like I said, he had Charisma with a capital C. The greatest pool matches ever and the funniest were when Keith played Louie. I'll tell you about the time they played "mum" pool in Memphis later. Frickin' hilarious!
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