We worked together on various projects.

During the next few decades we remained friends while our lives kept us busy, Guthrie wrote.

She was a no-nonsense gal, with a great sense of humor.

The Real Alice Who Inspired Arlo Guthrie’s ‘Alice’s Restaurant’ Dead at 83

Alice Brock on Feb. 14, 2008. She now lives in Provincetown where she lives and works as an artist.Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

AsWBURreported, she died Thursday after suffering health issues including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Alices death just before the holiday is notable given that the song is now known as a Thanksgiving classic.

Brock herself wouldpublish a cookbook of the same namein 1969.

He was arrested the next day and his tarnished record kept him out of the draft.

Guthrie starred as himself in the movie and Pat Quinn played Alice.

Alice was a lifelong friend.