i'm joined now via webcam from los angeles by showbiz reporter gayl murphy. good morning. we only ever touchy when somebody has following of their parts, it is sad in some ways. but also, you know, he died at a relatively good age and he had had quite a career, hadn't he? yes, he had a fantastic career. six decades long. but he was a good guy, he was one of the good guys. i was talking to someone earlier about what is legacy might be, i do not think i ever heard anybody trash talk peter fonda. they might have talked about what he was doing or who he was hanging out with a maybe he was not getting enough work, maybe he was getting enough work, maybe he was getting too much work, but at the end of the day, none of it was personal. he escaped hollywood a good guy. i think that is really pa rt of good guy. i think that is really part of his legacy, of course, other than the professional part of it, where he took the 1969 counterculture by storm. he starred as wyatt opposite dennis hopper in the bury game changing vellum, it also starred and launched jack nicholson's career, as

hollywood reporter gayl murphy remembering peter fonda who has died at the age of 79. in the world of classical music, women are rarely the ones holding the baton. in britainjust one of the leading orchestras has a female principal conductor. there are efforts to change this, including at the welsh national opera, where a new role of female conductor in residence has been created. sian lloyd went to meet tianyi lu, as she began her first week in thejob. ‘toreador song' plays. taking on one of opera's best known and best loved pieces of music in her own way. i think a rehearsal should be like children playing. let's try this, let's try this, oh, wow, this works, and sometimes an orchestra or a chorus might give me something i hadn't thought of. tianyi lu is one of only a handful of women to have titled roles, the top jobs among the several hundred conductors on the staff of british orchestras. perhaps sometimes, the second beat of the bar, go a little bit. as she begins her position as first female conductor in residence with welsh national opera, she takes that numbe

earlier i spoke to la based showbiz reporter gayl murphy about peter fonda and the legacy he's left behind. he had a fantastic career, six decades long. he was one of the good guys. i was talking to somebody earlier about what his legacy might be. i don't think i ever heard anyone trash talk peter fonda. they might have talked about what he was doing or who he was hanging out with 01’ doing or who he was hanging out with or maybe he wasn't getting enough work, maybe he was getting too much work, maybe he was getting too much work but at the end of the day, another know it was personal. he escaped hollywood a good guy, and i think that that's really part of his legacy. of course, other than the professional part of it where he took the 1969 counterculture world by storm for his role in easy rider. it launched jack nicholson's career as well. a big film for so many reasons and still highly regarded to this day. you say he was a nice guy but he was quite honest when he was interviewed by the bbc if you years ago about the falling out with dennis hopper about the film, and dennis hopper seem

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hollywood reporter gayl murphy told us more about peter fonda‘s famous background. he was the son of oscar—winning actor henry fonda, the brother of oscar—winning actress and activist jane fonda and the father of bridget fonda. now, in these moments that we — that i was waiting to come on, jane fonda issued a statement, syria acted to what she called her little brother‘s passing. she said he was a sweet hearted baby brother and i can only imagine her always calling him baby brother. she said she described him as the talker of the family. she said i have had some beautiful alone time with him in these last few days and she assured all he went out laughing stop that is a lovely statement and he certainly came from a very well—known family. you yourself met edith fonda, what was he like? —— peter. you know, this is a person not — very much like jane, famous from the time they were born. so there is a certain kind of inner radar protection, like, not hard, that they have all the time. he was someone who would laugh at himself. i found him to be very easy