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In Memoriam – 2009 – Part 2

The other day, I blogged about some of the celebrities that we lost this year. The list continues: March 16 – Natasha Richardson (45) A Tony Award winner, Richardson also starred in many movies and television shows. Richardson, the wife of actor Liam Neeson, was killed during a skiing accident. March 25 – Dan Seals (61) Seals was one half of the ‘70s group England Dan and John Ford Coley. The duo was known for such hits as “I’d Really Love to See You Tonight” and “Everything that Glitters (is Not Gold).” Seals died of mantle cell lymphoma. April 25 … Continue reading →

Funerals, Memorials, and More Celebrity Deaths

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It has been a rough few weeks for Hollywood. Right on the heels of David Carradine’s June 3rd death came the news of Ed McMahon’s death on June 23rd. Not that it was unexpected, but it was still sad to lose a television legend like that. They say death travels in threes and I guess everyone thought it was over when Farrah Fawcett succumbed to anal cancer on June 25th. But, we only had a short time to mourn the loss of Farrah before the biggest blow of them all came – Michael Jackson, the King of Pop, died just … Continue reading →

David Carradine Dead at 72

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Yesterday, actor David Carradine was found dead in his hotel room in Thailand where he had been filming a new movie titled Stretch. Circumstances of his death remain unknown. First, it was published that the Bangkok police believed he had committed suicide, since he was found hanging from a nylon rope in the hotel room, but Carradine’s co-manager Tiffany Smith says, “I can tell you 100 percent that he would have never committed suicide.” There was no forced sign of entry into the room, yet Carradine’s openness about past use of drugs and alcohol as well as thoughts of suicide … Continue reading →