Linda Denise Blair is an American actress and activist. She played Regan MacNeil in the horror film The Exorcist, for which she won a Golden Globe Award and received a nomination for an Academy Award.
Was Linda Blair married to Rick James?
During the VH1 special, he mentioned that he wanted to marry Blair at one point. However, he thought his lifestyle and drug habits were too much for her. She agreed. “I could not bear to be around that.
Rick James began dating Linda Blair in the fall of 1982. In early 1983, she aborted their baby and then informed him she had been pregnant after the procedure. James was hurt by her decision. He wrote “Cold Blooded” about Blair.
Blair says she’s never been the same since she starred in the film. Due to a mechanical failure, while filming the scene, she sustained a slight fracture of the spine that later developed into scoliosis.