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How is the headstone for Judith Barsi related to “A fragile soul caught in the hands of fate”?

Question #110142. Asked by BRY2K.

serpa
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serpa
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That is a lyric from "Concrete Angel" by Martina Mcbride. "Concrete Angel" is a power ballad, centering around a main theme of child abuse. The narrator tells a story about a little girl (named Angela Carter in the music video) who's trying to deal with abuse from her alcoholic mother. Some people, including the girl's teacher, seem to notice signs of abuse, but just try to ignore it. Ultimately, the little girl is killed when her mother beats her to death in a drunken rage.
link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concrete_Angel

Little Judith Barsi was a child actress who was murdered in 1988 at age ten by her jealous father. Judith's marker reads "Our Concrete Angel - Yep Yep Yep" in reference to Martina McBride's song about child abuse and her character Ducky's catchphrase from The Land Before Time..
link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Barsi

Oct 25 2009, 9:20 AM
serpa
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serpa
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I forgot to mention how the name of a 2001 song ends up on the gravestone of someone who died in 1988.

Barsi and her mother were buried in unmarked graves at the Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles. In June 2004, a fund was set up by Judith's Fan Club to get headstones for Judith's and her mother's graves. The fund was spearheaded by Nancy Kelly of Yelm, Washington, who had tutored Barsi on the set of one of her movies.
link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Barsi


She walks to school with the lunch she packed
Nobody knows what she's holding back
Wearing the same dress she wore yesterday
She hides the bruises with the linen and lace, oh

The teacher wonders but she doesn't ask
It's hard to see the pain behind the mask
Bearing the burden of a secret storm
Sometimes she wishes she was never born

Through the wind and the rain she stands hard as a stone
In a world that she can't rise above
But her dreams give her wings and she flies to a place
Where she's loved concrete angel

Somebody cries in the middle of the night
The neighbors hear but they turn out the light
A fragile soul caught in the hands of fate
When morning comes it will be too late

Through the wind and the rain she stands hard as a stone
In a world that she can't rise above
But her dreams give her wings and she flies to a place
Where she's loved concrete angel

A statue stands in a shaded place
An angel girl with an upturned face
A name is written on a polished rock
A broken heart that the world forgot

Through the wind and the rain she stands hard as a stone
In a world that she can't rise above
But her dreams give her wings and she flies to a place
Where she's loved concrete angel
link http://www.elyrics.net/read/m/martina-mcBride-lyrics/concrete-angel-lyrics.html

Oct 25 2009, 9:30 AM
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My oh my, more than I'd bargained for...thanks, serpa!

Oct 25 2009, 10:51 AM
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