"She wasn't too good, " said Parker when asked about Ms Spence's condition at that point.

BBC: Lynda Spence

Parker also asked his guests, many of them extremely wealthy entrepreneurs and celebrities, to donate to Save the Redwoods or the California League of Conservation Voters in lieu of giving gifts, according to a program.

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Before Christmas, prosecutors asked Federal Judge James Parker to deny Lee bail and hold him in solitary confinement before trial, lest he somehow communicate to allies or foreign governments how to find the missing tapes or destroy evidence.

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After many rings, someone in Georgia picked up the phone, and he asked to speak to Obie Parker.

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