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Former Marilyn Manson Bassist Dead at 39

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: October 12, 2008 · Comments (0)

Marilyn Manson's former bandmate Gidget Gein has been found dead, according to reports. The bass player, whose real name was Brad Stewart, played in Manson's band from 1989 until 1993, when he was fired and replaced by Twiggy Ramirez. He went on to make music with the band Gidget... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

Broadway to dim its lights for Paul Newman

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: October 3, 2008 · Comments (1)

Broadway theaters will dim their lights on Friday to honor the late Paul Newman, who first set foot on a Broadway stage in 1953. The legendary film star, whose brilliant blue eyes, good looks, cool style and talent made him one of Hollywood's top actors over six decades, died... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

TV's "Mr. Clean" dies at age 92

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: October 3, 2008 · Comments (0)

The actor who played muscular "Mr. Clean" in hundreds of dirt-busting television commercials in the late 1950s and early 1960s, has died in Los Angeles at the age of 92, his family said. House Peters Jr.'s bald-head, hoop earring and brawny arms was the original public face of Proctor... [Full Story]

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Paul Newman 1925-2008

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: September 27, 2008 · Comments (1)

Paul Newman, the film star, racing driver, team owner and humanitarian entrepreneur has died at the age of 83. Newman was the part-owner of the Newman Haas Lanigan Racing team in the Indy Racing League. He made his debut on Broadway and had his first movie in 1954. He... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

Knut's keeper Thomas Doerflein found dead

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: September 23, 2008 · Comments (0)

The zookeeper who gained fame for hand-rearing the beloved polar bear Knut was found dead in his Berlin apartment Monday. A spokeswoman for Berlin police said Thomas Doerflein was dead when authorities arrived at the apartment and that they had no information on the cause of death. Doerflein was... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

Motown songwriter, producer Norman Whitfield dies

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: September 18, 2008 · Comments (0)

Norman Whitfield, songwriter and producer who co-wrote a string of Motown classics including "War," "Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)" and "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," has died. He was 67. A spokeswoman at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center said Whitfield died there Tuesday. He suffered from complications of... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (3 votes cast)

Pink Floyd founder Richard Wright dies at 65

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: September 16, 2008 · Comments (2)

Pink Floyd keyboard player and founding member Richard Wright died on Monday after a short battle with cancer, his spokesman said. He was 65. Wright, singer, songwriter and guitarist Syd Barrett, guitarist Roger Waters and drummer Nick Mason founded the band that became Pink Floyd in the 1960s when... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

Writer David Foster Wallace found dead

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: September 13, 2008 · Comments (0)

Claremont police say the novelist and humorist who wrote 'Infinite Jest,' hanged himself Friday night. He was 46. David Foster Wallace, the novelist, essayist and humorist best known for his 1996 tome "Infinite Jest," was found dead last night at his home in Claremont, according to the Claremont Police... [Full Story]

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Voiceover Master Don LaFontaine has died

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: September 2, 2008 · Comments (0)

LaFontaine, known as the "King of Voiceovers," died Monday afternoon at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Over the past 25 years, LaFontaine cemented his position as the "King of Voiceovers." Aside from being the preeminent voice in the movie trailer industry, Don also worked as the voice of... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (2 votes cast)

Rapper Dr. Dre's Son Dead at 20

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: August 26, 2008 · Comments (2)

The Los Angeles County Coroner reported today that the son of hip hop record producer and rapper Dr. Dre has died. Andre Young Jr. was found dead at his home in Woodland Hills on Saturday morning. Young was out the previous night and returned home around 5:30 A.M., according... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

Sax player from Dave Matthews Band Dies

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: August 20, 2008 · Comments (0)

From the DMB website: LEROI MOORE 1961-2008 08/19/2008 We are deeply saddened that LeRoi Moore, saxophonist and founding member of Dave Matthews Band, died unexpectedly Tuesday afternoon, August 19, 2008, at Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in Los Angeles from sudden complications stemming from his June ATV accident on his farm... [Full Story]

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Obits: Bernie Mac & Isaac Hayes

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: August 11, 2008 · Comments (0)

The actor and comedian died in a Chicago hospital after a bout with pneumonia. Just days earlier, his publicist Danica Smith issued a statement saying Mac was "responding well to treatment". Ocean's co star Brad Pitt said: "I lament the loss of a ferociously funny and hardcore family man.... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

Bernie Mac is NOT Dead

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: August 2, 2008 · Comments (2)

Since it was announced that Bernie Mac was hospitalized in Chicago for pneumonia, prank phone calls have been rolling into newsrooms and radio stations alleging the "King of Comedy" has died -- a statement his publicist calls "absolutely untrue." Mac, 50, who lives in the south suburbs, is responding... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.7/5 (3 votes cast)

'Golden Girls' actress Estelle Getty dies at 84

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: July 22, 2008 · Comments (0)

Estelle Getty, the diminutive actress who spent 40 years struggling for success before landing a role of a lifetime in 1985 as the sarcastic octogenarian Sophia on TV's "The Golden Girls," has died. She was 84. Getty, who suffered from advanced dementia, died at about 5:30 a.m. Tuesday at... [Full Story]

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Model Ruslana Korshunova Commits Suicide

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: June 28, 2008 · Comments (1)

A cover model for European Vogue has fallen to her death from her Manhattan apartment building in an apparent suicide. The New York Post and Newsday say 20-year-old Ruslana Korshunova died Saturday afternoon in the Financial District. The newspapers cited unnamed officials and police. Police say the fall is... [Full Story]

Rating: 3/5 (2 votes cast)

Comedian George Carlin dies in L.A.

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: June 23, 2008 · Comments (1)

Comedian George Carlin, a counter-culture hero famed for his routines about drugs and dirty words, died of heart failure at a Los Angeles-area hospital on Sunday, a spokesman said. He was 71. Carlin, who had a history of heart problems, died at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica... [Full Story]

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Kermit the Frog inspiration dies

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: June 20, 2008 · Comments (1)

Kermit Scott, the man believed to be the inspiration for Jim Henson's proto-Muppet, Kermit the Frog, has died. He was 71. Scott's brother-in-law, Aaron Moss, said the retired philosophy professor who lived in Monroe, Va., died last month. Henson and Scott grew up as friends in Leland, a small... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (2 votes cast)

Actress, dancer Cyd Charisse dead at 86

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: June 18, 2008 · Comments (0)

Actress and dancer Cyd Charisse, the impossibly long-legged movie musical star who gained fame for her on-screen pairings with Hollywood dance greats Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, died on Tuesday at age 86. Charisse, a sinuous, athletic performer once described by Astaire as "beautiful dynamite," died early in the... [Full Story]

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Actor-director Mel Ferrer dies at 90

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: June 4, 2008 · Comments (0)

Mel Ferrer, the tall, darkly handsome star of such classic films as "Lili," "War and Peace" and "The Sun Also Rises," as well as producer and director of movies starring his then-wife, Audrey Hepburn, died Monday at age 90. In this September 29, 1954, photo, Mel Ferrer and Audrey... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

Rock pioneer Bo Diddley dies at age 79

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: June 2, 2008 · Comments (1)

Bo Diddley, a founding father of rock 'n' roll whose distinctive "shave and a haircut, two bits" rhythm and innovative guitar effects inspired legions of other musicians, died Monday after months of ill health. He was 79. Diddley died of heart failure at his home in Archer, Fla., spokeswoman... [Full Story]

Rating: 3/5 (1 votes cast)

French fashion icon Yves Saint Laurent dies at 71

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: June 1, 2008 · Comments (0)

French fashion icon Yves Saint Laurent, widely hailed as one of the greatest designers of the 20th century, died Sunday in Paris. He was 71. "Yves Saint Laurent died Sunday at 11:10 pm," announced his foundation, the Pierre-Berge-Saint Laurent Foundation. The reclusive French maestro, who had retired from haute... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (2 votes cast)

Harvey Korman dead at age 81

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: May 29, 2008 · Comments (1)

Comic actor Harvey Korman, who co-starred on the U.S. television classic "The Carol Burnett Show" in the 1960s and 1970s and in "Blazing Saddles" and other Mel Brooks movies, died on Thursday at age 81. Korman died of complications from a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm he suffered four months... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (2 votes cast)

Director Sydney Pollack dies at 73 in Los Angeles

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: May 27, 2008 · Comments (0)

Academy Award-winning director Sydney Pollack, a Hollywood mainstay who achieved commercial success and critical acclaim with the gender-bending comedy "Tootsie" and the period drama "Out of Africa," has died. He was 73. Pollack died of cancer Monday afternoon at his home in Pacific Palisades in Los Angeles, surrounded by... [Full Story]

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Comic Dick Martin, star of "Laugh-In," dies at 86

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: May 26, 2008 · Comments (1)

Comic Dick Martin, who starred with Dan Rowan in the hit 1960s television variety show "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In," helping to launch the Hollywood careers of stars such as Goldie Hawn and Lily Tomlin, has died. He was 86. Martin, who became a top television director after he and... [Full Story]

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Christian Singers Daughter Killed in Accident

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: May 22, 2008 · Comments (0)

This undated family handout provided by the Chapman family shows from left to right: Will Franklin, Maria, Steven Curtis, Shaoey, MaryBeth, Stevey Joy, Caleb, and Emily Chapman. The 5-year-old daughter of Grammy-winning Christian music star Steven Curtis Chapman was struck and killed Wednesday May 21, 2008 by a sport... [Full Story]

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