In a world where lawyers are generally lower than pond scum, and defense lawyers even worse, the worst of the worst died of a brain tumor in his home and some people, somewhere, for some strange reason, were sad. Not me.
Elsewhere, in a hospital surrounded by a media circus sideshow made up mostly of [...]
Johnny Carson, the quick-witted “Tonight Show” host who became a national institution putting his viewers to bed for 30 years with a smooth nightcap of celebrity banter and heartland charm, died Sunday. He was 79.
…NBC said Carson died of emphysema – a respiratory disease that can be attributed to smoking – at his Malibu home.
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“The Jackson House”, “Jackson Ave”, “the best new unofficial music venue in Charlotte”… the house went by many names. No longer the mythical party setting it was a couple years ago, the house has been condemned for a while now but someone apparently got into it and died last night after a fire started. [...]
Dimebag Darrell, guitarist for Pantera and Damageplan, was killed onstage last night in Columbus, OH. A man climbed onstage and shot Darrell “5 or 6 times’ and then began firing on the crowd. The man killed 3 others and was then shot and killed by a police officer.
Dimebag Darrell’s guitar defined 90’s [...]
Actor John Barrymore, father of Drew Barrymore, dead at 72.
Respect.
Russell Jones aka Big Baby Jesus aka Unique Ason aka Osirus aka Dirt McGirt aka Dirt Dog aka Ol’ Dirty Bastard complained of chest pains in a recording studio yesterday (Saturday), fell over, and later died. Permanent damage from earlier (pre-prison) drug abuse? Relapse and OD? A little of both? Details [...]
Respect.