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Leif Per Nervik (born November 8, 1961) better known by his stage name of Leif Garrett is an American singer and actor. He became famous as a teen idol and received publicity as an adult for his drug abuse and legal troubles.




Albums
1977 - Leif Garrett US #37
1978 - Feel the Need US #34
1979 - Same Goes for You US #129
1980 - Can't Explain US #185
1981 - My Movie of You
1998 - The Leif Garrett Collection

[edit] Chart singles
1977 Surfin' USA US #20
1978 Put Your Head On My Shoulder US #58
1978 Runaround Sue US #13
1978 The Wanderer US #49
1979 I Was Made For Dancin' US #10, UK #4
1979 Feel The Need US #57, UK #38
1979 When I Think Of You US #78
1980 I Was Looking For Someone To Love US #78
1980 Memorize Your Number US #60
1981 Runaway Rita US# 84



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In 1979, three days before his 18th birthday, Garrett crashed his car while drunk and on Quaaludes. The accident left his passenger, best friend Roland Winkler, a quadriplegic. A guilt-stricken Garrett publicly promised to look after Winkler but, after he failed to do so, Winkler's mother filed a $25 million negligence lawsuit against him. Garrett insisted that he did not have the money and the suit was eventually settled out of court for $7.1 million, leaving the friends completely estranged. Garrett and Winkler remained estranged until he was approached by VH-1 to film a 1999 episode of the television series Behind The Music. The episode featured Garrett's reunion with an apology to Winkler; Winkler forgave Garrett and acknowledged that Garrett's actions following the accident may actually have saved his life. Since then, the two have remained in touch.

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Despite claiming on Behind the Music not to have used drugs since a 1996 intervention, Garrett was arrested for possession only months after the episode aired. Garrett was arrested again in March 2005 and pled guilty to possession of cocaine.


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Not aging well


Leif Garrett appears in Los Angeles Superior Court for a hearing Jan. 20, 2006. Garrett was sentenced to 90 days in jail and three years' probation after opting out of a drug treatment program. The 44-year-old former teen idol was given credit Thursday, May 11, 2006, for the jail time he had already served since being taken into custody March 30 after a Superior Court commissioner determined he failed several drug tests while staying in a live-in drug diversion program.