Robert George Kardashian (February 22, 1944 â September 30, 2003) was an American attorney and businessman. He gained national recognition as O. J. Simpson 's friend and defense attorney during Simpson's 1995 murder trial.
And now you tell me Billie Joe's jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge And Mama said to me Child, what's happened to your appetite? I've been cookin' all morning and you haven't touched a single bite That nice young preacher, Brother Taylor, dropped by today Said he'd be pleased to have dinner on Sunday, oh, by the way
the day that Billy Jo McAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge. After looking at the unpublished, unused first verse, it becomes clear to me that Bobbie Gentry was still working out the story while she was in the process of writing the song.