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Bay City Rollers legend Les McKeown’s widow has revealed for the first time the ups and downs of her troubled marriage following the singer’s death from a suspected heart attack.
Speaking from her home in London just days after the singer’s death on Tuesday at age 65, Peko Keiko paid tribute to her late husband and admitted that their love story had survived for more than 30 years through thick and thin. .
She also explained why she made him keep the first of two weddings, London, a secret so they could perform a second traditional Buddhist ritual on top of a Japanese mountain, which is why the pop icon shaved his head.
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Why Acknowledging the turbulent times together
She also recounted how he flirted and asked her on a date when he showed up for a meeting at a sushi bar where she worked as a manager.
Acknowledging the turbulent times they lived together, including the singer’s drug dealing, alcohol addictions, and her affairs with other men, Grief-stricken Peko said: “ I met Leslie when I was working as a manager at a restaurant in Japanese sushi that had a karaoke bar in the basement in London. She said, ‘Hi Suzie Woo’ and that was it.
Leslie said, ‘Would you like to go to the movies after dinner?’ I said, no, I can’t go to the movies, I have a job. She then gave me her card and wrote her number on the back. I keep it in my pocket. I didn’t call for a long time. I didn’t know he was on the Bay City Rollers. I wasn’t interested in the Bay City Rollers because they weren’t to my taste. I like rock.’
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The couple began dating in 1978 and eventually moved in together, but only after she told him that her long-distance relationship couldn’t work.
But Les was determined that they should stay together. In a last-ditch effort to salvage the relationship, she asked him to spend time with him in the United States.
But when she flew in to spend a week with him in Los Angeles, he gave her an ultimatum.
Peko said: ‘After three months of asking myself, I gave up and said I would go to Los Angeles to visit.
“ I went to Los Angeles for a week and he was very happy to see me. We met up with friends, went to yoga and restaurants.
Les McKeown Quicks and Facts
- Bay City Rollers frontman Les McKeown, 65, died from suspected heart attack
- His widow Peko Keiko, spoke for the first time about their 30 years of marriage
- Couple met at London Japanese sushi restaurant where Leslie was the manager
- Overcame several obstacles, including drug and alcohol addiction and affairs
