Michigan woman whose name inspired band to become Greta Van Fleet dies at 95
FRANKENMUTH, Mich. (AP) — Gretna Van Fleet didn't play music with Greta Van Fleet. But maybe she got the next best thing: The Grammy-winning rock band uses her name. The 95-year-old Michigan woman died Monday at a senior living center in Frankenmuth, according to her obituary, the same community where the band was formed in 2012 when Van Fleet was in her 80s. “I think they checked out my background to make sure I wasn’t on the Ten Most Wanted list or something, and they went ahead with I...
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