Frank Zappa’s Wife Dies at 70

The Zappa family confirmed the passing to TMZ, adding that she died on Wednesday afternoon in Los Angeles and that she was reportedly battling an illness for many years.

Zappa met 22-year-old Adelaide Gail Sloatman in 1966, not long after his debut album with the Mothers of Invention, Freak Out! She married the avante-garde rocker Frank Zappa when she was 22. Family matriarch: Gail Zappa, proven in April. 2013 in Venice, Italy, died on Wednesday. aged 70 in Los AngelesThe family matriarch was surrounded by her kids when she died at her home, the assertion stated.

Frank and Gail Zappa had four children – Moon Unit, Dweezil, Ahmet and Diva – during their marriage, which lasted until the musician’s death.

“Gail, self-described as a pagan absurdist, was motivated by love in all aspects of her life, kept her authenticity intact, unbowed and, simply put, was one bad ass in the music business and political world”, read a statement from the Zappa Family Trust. In his autobiography, The Real Frank Zappa Book, the artist called her a “fascinating little vixen”, with whom “it took a couple of minutes, but I fell (don’t laugh) in love”. While the cause of death was not released, they said that she had been ill for a few time.

The statement concludes, “Gail will forever be identified as a key figure in the creative renaissance that is Laurel Canyon”. She toured with Frank, and supported every endeavor he pursued, including his music, art, and film projects. There also is not any news yet on what funeral arrangements will be made for Frank’s widow. The pair married when she was 22 years old, and pregnant with son Dweezil. “f*** the nurse if she didn’t like it”.

In his autobiography, Frank Zappa called Gail his “best friend”.