MANILA: Elizabeth Ramsey, a popular Filipino singer, comedian and actress who entertained crowds with racy gags and a raspy voice, has died. She was 83.
Her daughter, Jaya Ramsey, said in a Facebook post that Ramsey died in her sleep, two months after suffering a stroke. “Mama Beth is now with our Lord. ... Love and laughter, she has given not just our family but the whole nation,” her daughter said.
Ramsey entered the local entertainment world after winning a singing contest in the late 1950s and later became known as the Philippine “Queen of Rock and Roll” and “Original Queen of Comedy.”
She endeared herself to Filipinos with her self-deprecating humor.
Local reports, quoting from an interview she gave to DZMM radio last year, said Ramsey, whose father was Jamaican, shunned school because it was “a waste of time,” preferring song hits to books in her dream to become a singer. When she was a teenager, she performed with a band and later left home to work as a housemaid in Manila, where winning the “Student Canteen” singing contest in 1958 opened doors for her.
Filipino entertainer Elizabeth Ramsey dies at 83
Filipino entertainer Elizabeth Ramsey dies at 83
Dutch couple’s marriage annulled due to ChatGPT speech
- The pair said “I do” and the officiant declared them “not only husband and wife, but above all a team”
- The judge found that they had not actually sworn to fulfil their marriage duties
AMSTERDAM: A Dutch couple had their marriage annulled after the person officiating used a ChatGPT-generated speech that was intended to be playful but failed to meet legal requirements, according to a court ruling published this week.
The pair from the city of Zwolle, whose names were redacted from the January 5 decision under Dutch privacy rules, argued that they had intended to marry regardless of whether the right wording was used when they took their vows.
According to the decision, the person officiating their ceremony last April 19 asked whether they would “continue supporting each other, teasing each other and embracing each other, even when life gets difficult.”
The pair said “I do” and the officiant declared them “not only husband and wife, but above all a team, a crazy couple, each other’s love and home base.”
But the judge found that they had not actually sworn to fulfil their marriage duties — something that is required under Dutch law.
“The court understands that the date in the marriage deed is important to the man and woman, but cannot ignore what the law says.” It ordered the marriage removed from the Zwolle city registry.
