Singer Amy Winehouse Found Dead at the age of 27

First the good news: someone in my death pool has died. The bad news: it was Amy Winehouse. The really bad news:  Zsa Zsa Gabor is still alive.

Sultry singer Amy Winehouse was found dead today in her London flat. According to the coroner, she died from “unknown causes” (Drug overdose, *cough cough*).

Winehouse is now officially a card-carrying member of the “Forever 27 Club,” joining the ranks of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Kurt Cobain, Brian Jones, Jim Morrison, and Robert Johnson.

Her autopsy is pending. RIP Amy!

Happy 4th of July!

Marinate in the irony of this photo. My gift to you. Happy Independence Day.

Good Night, Columbo

Peter Faulk, best known as television’s Lieutenant Columbo has died. He was 83 years old.

Faulk died at his home in Beverly Hills. For several years, he had been suffering from dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. Falk is survived by his wife and two daughters.

“Oh, just one more thing…”

Ryan Dunn from “Jackass” is Dead

Ryan Dunn, one of the stars of the MTV show and feature films “Jackass” has died. He was 34 years old.

 Dunn was out drinking with friends when he and an unidentified  companion took off in Dunn’s black Porsche 911 GT3.  At approximately  3am,  the car crashed into a wooded area in Pennsylvania near Route 322  and New Street in West Goshen Township. It is rumored that Dunn was  behind the wheel. The vehicle caught on fire and both occupants died at  the scene.

I’ll always remember Dunn for being coerced into shoving a condom- wrapped matchbox car up his ass before going to a doctor for x-rays.

Here’s a parting video of him and his BFF Bam Margera doing what they  do best – driving recklessly at unsafe speeds.

 

Heeeeeeerrrrre’s Eva!

Eva Braun in blackface. WTF?!?!?

Jack Kevorkian Died

Dr. Jacob “Jack” Kevorkian died today of complications from liver cancer. He was 83 years old. Kevorkian was an outspoken “right to die” activist who assisted several terminally ill patients with assisted suicide.

Earlier this week, actor Jeff Conway and musician/author Gil Scott Heron died. Gil was my hero so I’ll whip up a better article on him later.

 

 

Breaking News: The World Did Not End Today

Today the world did not end. Randy “Macho Man” Savage is dead, Zsa Zsa is still alive, and Jeff Conway is in a coma.

Poly Styrene from X Ray Spex Dead at 53

From her publicist:

We can confirm that the beautiful Poly Styrene, who has been a true fighter,  won her battle on Monday evening (4/25/11)  to go to higher places. Poly Styrene was born Marianne Elliot Said on June 3, 1957. She passed away due to cancer.
 
Poly Styrene was a punk amongst punks. A groundbreaking presence that left an unrepeatable mark on the musical landscape, she made history the moment she uttered, “Some people think little girls should be seen and not heard but I think oh bondage up yours!” The influence of Poly and X-ray Spex has been felt far and wide ever since. The seminal album Germ Free Adolescents is a landmark work and a primary influence on Britpop and Riot Grrrl. At the center of it was Poly Styrene, a bi-racial feminist punk with the perfect voice to soundtrack rebellion. Poly never sacrificed the intelligence or the fun in her music and style. Her trademark braces and dayglo clothes were a playful rejection of the status quo and of conformity and complacency. She dissected gender politics, consumer culture, and the obsessions of modern life in a way that made us all want sing along with her.
 
At the core of Poly’s work from Germ Free Adolescents through Generation Indigo, is a revolutionary with a genuine love for this world and the people and things in it. Her indomitable heart is all over the new material from her championing of cruelty free products and as she put it, “being conscious of the slaughterhouse culture” (“I Luv Ur Sneakers”) to giving voice to marginalized poor people worldwide (“No Rockefeller”) to tackling racism (“Colour Blind”). Poly Styrene never stopped exciting us with her incisive world-view, amazing wit, and her adventurous sound. It is impossible to imagine what modern music would be like without her incalculable contributions but it’s probably not worth imagining a world that never had Poly Styrene in it.
 
A thrilling work from a true pioneer and rebel in every sense, Poly Styrene’s album Generation Indigo is out today through Future Noise Music and was produced by Youth (The Verve, Killing Joke, The Fireman, Edwyn Collins).The album’s fusion of punk spirit, and fresh sounds has already received rave reviews on both sides of the Atlantic from Spin, NPR, NME, MOJO and countless others. The forward looking Generation Indigo showcases Poly’s humorous musings on pop culture, the internet and fashion whilst also tackling heavier subject matter (war and racism) with her politically aware and intelligent lyrics all in the inimitable voice of a genuine icon. Listen to the full Generation Indigo record streaming on AOL Spinner.
 
Poly was very proud of Generation Indigo. See an interview where she discusses the album track by track here. The album is released in the US today.
 
iTunes
 
Album
http://itunes.apple.com/us/preorder/generation-indigo-exclusive/id428317002
 
“Virtual Boyfriend” single & remixes
 
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/virtual-boyfriend-single/id427784943
 
Amazon
 
Album
http://amzn.to/hhhOGr
 
Deluxe Album
http://amzn.to/fx2DU0
 
www.poly-styrene.com
www.twitter.com/poly_styrene
www.facebook.com/polystyrenemusic

Gaddafi Attorney Gets Permission for Judicial Review of Liam Fox

 British Royal Courts Approve Investigation of Threats to Gaddafi by UK Secretary of Defense

LONDON, England – Giovanni Di Stefano, a London-based attorney acting on behalf of Libya’s embattled leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, received official approval from England’s Royal Courts of Justice for a judicial review against England’s Defense Secretary Liam Fox and the City of Westminster Magistrates Court.

Di Stefano’s request sites various media sources claiming that Liam Fox has directly threatened Gaddafi’s life, citing the “Offences Against the Person Act 1861” and “Criminal Law Act 1977” under the section “Conspiring or soliciting to commit murder.”

Results of this judicial review could leave Fox open for a civil or criminal lawsuit.

OBAMA REFUSES TO ACT ON CLEMENCY REQUEST FOR CHARLES MANSON

Manson Attorney Claims Tex Watson Was Behind Tate, LaBianca Murders

LONDON, England – In response to a request for clemency for Charles Manson by defense attorney Giovanni Di Stefano, the United States Department of Justice on behalf of President Barack Obama stated, “The President does not seek to intervene in State clemency issues,” and suggested that the request be sent instead to the current California Governor, Jerry Brown.

Speaking from the Royal Courts of Justice in London, Di Stefano stated, “President Obama has the powers under the 14th Amendment and I duly notified President Obama on the 28th February 2011 with detailed submissions. This matter must now be resolved by the Supreme Court.” Di Stefano continued, “Mr. Manson has already served over 42 years and on the basis he is erroneously convicted. He should not be subject to a day further of liberty detained. Mr. Manson has spent enough time in custody, therefore this matter is urgent and cannot be delayed further.”

Di Stefano’s main complaint is that evidence was withheld and that it was, in fact, Tex Watson who masterminded and perpetrated both the Tate and LaBianca murders. The complaint states, “There is now evidence from a California Police Officer that Tex Watson may well have committed murder some nine months prior to any of the killings which if correct would destroy the theory of the Prosecutor that the co-defendants murdered by the mind control of the Applicant.”

Allegedly, this new evidence ties Tex Watson to the murder of an elderly man Karl Stubbs in Olancha, California before Watson was involved with Manson.

Manson is now represented in his appeal by London-based lead attorney Giovanni Di Stefano and Zurich-based US attorney Mitch Watkins.