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The golden voice of radio died June 15 at 82 after a long battle with Parkinson's disease and various other ailments. Kasem began his radio career as an announcer on the Armed Forces Radio Korea Network while he was in the Army. Once back in the states, Kasem earned a few small movie roles which led to a voiceover career that included the role of Shaggy on Scooby Doo. Kasem's biggest fame came from his weekly syndicated American Top 40 show that ran from 1970-1988 and from 1998 to 2004. Kasem was famous for his signature signoff: "Keep your feet on the ground, and keep reaching for the stars." In 1985, Kasem was inducted into the National Association of Broadcasters Hall …
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A Zen Buddhist, spy and activist, Matthiessen cofounded The Paris Review and won National Book Awards for The Snow Leopard and Shadow Country. He wrote nonfiction and fiction but described fiction as his passion. Check This Out, Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain from Amazon For Only $7.25, Order Now They’re Going Fast: just click here Click here to view the article
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Tennessee Williams was an American playwright and author of many stage classics, and although a man named Williams was responsible for Sal Mineo’s death, another man named Williams was responsible for the launch of his career: Tennessee Williams.The Rose Tattoo provided Mineo with his first role on stage. (Natalie Wood was no stranger to Williams, either. She starred with Robert Redford in This Property Is Condemned, a Williams adaptation from 1966, as well as in a TV version of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof with her husband Robert Wagner in 1976. Of course, appearing in a Tennessee Williams play in the latter half of the 20th Century was certainly not unusual. Williams dominated…
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Brockie, front man for the heavy metal band GWAR, has been found dead in his Richmond, Va., home at age 50. Richmond police spokeswoman Dionne Waugh says officers were called to home shortly before 7 p.m. Sunday, March 23, 2014, for a report of a dead person. When officers arrived, Brockie, who went by the stage name Oderus Urungus, was found dead inside the home. Check This Out, Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain from Amazon For Only $7.25, Order Now They’re Going Fast: just click here Click here to view the article
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The former Israeli prime minister was nicknamed “The Bulldozer” by Israelis. He shaped politics within the Middle East, making some controversial decisions, such as giving Gaza and parts of the West Bank to Palestine. He spent eight years in a coma until his death. Check This Out, Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain from Amazon For Only $7.25, Order Now They’re Going Fast: just click here Click here to view the article
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Sal Mineo was a child actor who skyrocketed to stardom in "Rebel without a Cause" and was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He was stabbed to death behind his apartment building. Many wondered if the murder was a hate crime since Mineo had come out as a homosexual. However, years later the murderer was identified as a pizza delivery man who was trying to rob him, who did not know that he was a famous actor. He died February 12, 1976. Be Your Own Boss-Learn How To Sell New & Used Items On Amazon & Ebay: just click here Click here to view the article
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Selena was an American singer, songwriter, a spokesperson, actress, and fashion designer. And she was a very popular, up and coming Latina singer and actress. She had many fans and fan clubs dedicated to her. Ironically, it was the president of her fan club who shot and killed her. She died March 31, 1995 at the age of 23. Be Your Own Boss-Learn How To Sell New & Used Items On Amazon & Ebay: just click here Click here to view the article
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World-renowned flamenco guitarist died, he was 66. He died in Mexico, where he lived.The cause of death was not immediately made known. De Lucia, whose real name was Francisco Sanchez Gomez, was recognized as one of the world's leading guitarists, dazzling audiences with his lightning-speed flamenco rhythms and finger work. Check This Out, Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain from Amazon For Only $7.25, Order Now They’re Going Fast: just click here Click here to view the article
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Lindsay Lohan has a publicity rights law suit against the game publisher of the infamous ‘Grand Theft Auto’ and they are conceding nothing to her. The maker of the game, Take Two interactive, has put forth a motion that she has a habit of pushing ‘publicity rights claims’. Such as, suing E-Trade for having a commercial that has a ‘milkaholic’ baby named Lindsay, and the rapper Pitbull for the song verse, “ I’m tiptoein’, to keep flowin’, I got it locked up, like Lindsay Lohan”. Lohan is suing Take-Two and its subsidiary Rock Star Games over characters in the ‘Grand Theft Auto V’ games that she says ‘resemble her’. Take-Two attorneys put forth a motion to not only dismiss…
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Randy Quaid is an American actor and Golden Globe winner. In 2010 he lost $1 million in bonds after avoiding a court date on felony charges. Then, he and his wife, Evi, were arrested for squatting in a random Santa Barbara home. Finally, the conspiracy theorists decided they were to be the next victims of the “Hollywood Star Whackers” (a nonexistent star-murdering group that Quaid claims killed Heath Leger and David Carradine). Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain: just click here Click here to view the article
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Scott Storch is an American record producer. He produces hip hop music through his label, Storch Music Company. He also has his own music production company called Tuff Jew Productions LLC which is published by Reservoir Media Management. He blew through $30 million in six months, and lost his Miami mansion, $20 million yacht and filed for bankruptcy and owed about $60 thousand to thirteen different creditors in seven states. Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain: just click here Click here to view the article
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The boxer, who spent 19 years in prison for a wrongfully convicted triple homicide, died April 20 at 76 of prostate cancer. During his brief career, Carter recorded 27 wins, 12 losses and one draw in 40 fights before he was incarcerated in 1967 for three murders despite a lack of physical evidence and improper handling of the investigation by police. He was convicted again in 1976 during a new trial and was finally released in 1985. During the second trial, Bob Dylan penned the song "Hurricane," insisting that Carter was innocent. Denzel Washington won a Golden Globe and earned an Oscar nomination for portraying Carter in the 1999 film The Hurricane. Check This Out, Get …
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The Honeymooners star died March 7 at 93. On The Jackie Gleason Show, MacRae played Alice Kramden, the wife of Gleason's curmudgeon Ralph Kramden in a re-creation of The Honeymooners. MacRae will also well-known for her roles in Caged, Backfire and Sex and the Single Girl. Her TV credits include I Love Lucy and General Hospital. Check This Out, Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain from Amazon For Only $7.25, Order Now They’re Going Fast: just click here Click here to view the article
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San Diego Padres baseball broadcaster Jerry Coleman played nine seasons with the New York Yankees, and made the switch from player to broadcaster. He received the Ford C. Frick award, presented annually for major contributions to baseball broadcasting, during National Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremonies Sunday. Check This Out, Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain from Amazon For Only $7.25, Order Now They’re Going Fast: just click here Click here to view the article
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The House of Cards actress, who played Kevin Spacey’s executive secretary Nancy Kaufberger, died of cancer at age 61 on Oct. 13. The Netflix series’ showrunner Beau Willimon released a statement at the time, saying, the cast and crew were “deeply saddened by Elizabeth’s passing. She was a talented actress, a warm soul, and good friend to us all.” Check This Out, Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain from Amazon For Only $7.25, Order Now They’re Going Fast: just click here Click here to view the article
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Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States. He led the United States through its Civil War, which is considered its bloodiest war and its greatest moral, constitutional and political crisis, but even the 16th President of the United States had money troubles! Abraham Lincoln not only filed for bankruptcy once, but twice! Abraham Lincoln went to court many times over his debt and was paying off everything he owed for years and years! Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain: just click here Click here to view the article
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Bill Cosby has hired private investigators to dig up dirt on the women who have accused him of rape. Cosby is shelling out six-figure payments for information that can discredit the more than two dozen women who have come forward and accused the comedian of sexually assaulting them, including supermodel Beverly Johnson, since October. He allegedly told his legal and public relations team, "If you're going to say to the world that I did this to you, and then the world needs to know, 'what kind of person are you? Who is this person that's saying it?'" Cosby specifically mentioned Johnson when he said, "You can't say that I put something in your coffee, threw you in a cab an…
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Gary Busey is an American actor, has appeared in many films throughout the 1970’s, 1980’s and 1990’s, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in 1978 for his role in The Buddy Holly Story. Unfortunately this successful, but uncomfortably toothy character actor is a Financial Flop: With less than $50 thousand in assets and up to $1 million in debts, the 67-year-old Lethal Weapon actor filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in 2012. Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain: just click here Click here to view the article
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Natasha Lyonne is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Jessica in the American Pie series, and currently portrays Nicky Nichols in the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black, for which she received a nomination for the 2014.As well as staring in many other films. As a young child, she was signed by the Ford Modeling Agency then, at the age of six, was cast as a role in Pee-Wee's Playhouse. She has managed to make a great deal of money during her career as an actress; however, after she was diagnosed with Hepatitis C and a collapsed lung she went broke and was living in the streets. Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain: just click here Click here t…
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Gwili Andre was a Danish model and actress who had a brief career in Hollywood films. Blonde, blue-eyed Gwili Andre from Denmark, “the highest priced model in America,” was taken on as a “Garbo look-alike” by RKO Studio, earning $25,000 a year and dating Howard Hughes. To her dismay, she failed to become a movie star. In a bizarre suicide, she was found sprawled on the bedroom floor of her apartment, burned to a crisp in a funeral pyre she had made out of old publicity clippings. She died Feburary 5, 1959 at the age of 51. Just one day after her 51st birthday. Be Your Own Boss-Learn How To Sell New & Used Items On Amazon & Ebay: just click here Click here to v…
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River Phoenix was an American actor, musician and activist. He was the older brother of Rain Phoenix, Joaquin Phoenix, Summer Phoenix and Liberty Phoenix. His work encompassed 24 films and television appearances, including the science fiction adventure film Explorers in 1985.His death occurred after speed-balling cocaine and morphine. He collapsed outside of The Viper Room nightclub, while then owner Johnny Depp was performing onstage with the Red Hot Chili Peppers's Flea, and the Butthole Surfer’s Gibby Haynes. As news circulated through the club about Phoenix's collapse outside, the show stopped, but he was never revived. With him at the time were his brother, Joaquin P…
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The comedian and Tonight Show staple died March 15 at 78 of cancer. A favorite guest of Johnny Carson's, Brenner holds the record for the most Tonight Show appearances, going on the show 158 times. The Philadelphia comedian even guest-hosted the talk show a few times. Brenner wrote, directed or produced 115 TV documentaries before landing his first paid stand-up gig in 1969. He went on to appear on The Ed Sullivan Show, Late Show and The Daily Show. Brenner even married his wife, Elizabeth Slater, during an HBO special, David Brenner: Back with a Vengeance!, though their marriage only lasted a year. Check This Out, Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain from Amazon For …
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The iconic bassist and composer helped push the boundaries of modern jazz into free jazz with saxophonist pioneer Ornette Coleman on such seminal Coleman LPs as The Shape of Jazz to Come and Change of the Century. Haden also led the politically minded Liberation Music Orchestra and Quartet West, which focused on jazz standards and film scores. Check This Out, Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain from Amazon For Only $7.25, Order Now They’re Going Fast: just click here Click here to view the article
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The BBC has confirmed that Atlantis has been cancelled after two seasons. The British broadcaster cited a need to increase the range of its dramas as the reason for not ordering a third season of the fantasy drama. Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain: just click here Click here to view the article
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Paula Abdul is back at Fox. After a three-year break from her last regular TV gig, she'll join So You Think You Can Dance for the competition's upcoming 12th season. With Abdul, who has been eyed as a full-time addition since Mary Murphy's departure became imminent, comes singer and dancer Jason Derulo. The pair will join returning judge Nigel Lythgoe and host Cat Deeley. “I have dedicated a large part of my career as a choreographer to discovering and mentoring some of the most iconic artists and performers from all over the world,” said Abdul. “So You Think You Can Dance has a long-standing history of launching brilliant careers for young choreographers and dancers in t…
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