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Madame Marie, Fortune Teller Immortalized By Springsteen, Dies
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Published: July 4, 2008
ASBURY PARK, N.J. - ASBURY PARK, N.J. - Fortune teller Madam Marie, a figure of rock 'n' roll mythology thanks to Bruce Springsteen, has died. She was in her mid-90s.
Sally Castello tells the Asbury Park Press that her great-grandmother, Marie Castello, died June 27.
The psychic reader and adviser began telling fortunes on the Asbury Park Boardwalk in New Jersey in the 1930s.
Madam Marie became famous in 1973 when Springsteen paid homage to her in the song "4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)."
His lyric, "Did you hear, the cops finally busted Madam Marie for tellin' fortunes better than they do," cemented her fame.
The Associated Press
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