• Diddlydee@feddit.ukOP
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    21 days ago

    Yes, there have been plenty of things across the years. I’m not linking Reddit, but a quick search online will show that it’s a pretty common misconception.

    It’s in his wiki bio under public image:

    The sunglasses led some people to assume he was blind.[93]

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Orbison

    • CrayonRosary@lemmy.world
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      20 days ago

      The source is some old “Top 10 Oldies Myths” article from About.com. Never cite wikipedia. Cite the source.

      In all my years, I’ve never heard a single person say they ever thought he was blind. I have a really hard time believing this was ever commonly believed.

      I’m not disputing that you might have believed it and that some other people might have believed it, too. It’s just, I doubt it was a common thing.