Archive for Deaths

Soupy Sales has Died

Posted in Deaths with tags , , , , on October 22, 2009 by Ro

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Actor/comedian Soupy Sales died today at the age of 83. He was best known for the 1960’s children’s show Lunch with Soupy Sales, and as a guest on the TV game shows To Tell the Truth, Match Game, and Hollywood Squares.

RIP Captain Lou Albano

Posted in Deaths with tags , , , , , on October 14, 2009 by Otto

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NPR: Many will remember his wrestling.
Many will remember his roles in Cyndi Lauper’s videos.
Some will remember his part as a henchman on Miami Vice.

Captain Lou Albano professional wrestler, actor and all-around legend, has died. He was 76.

As New York’s Daily News says, Albano was “known for his wild goatee, usually tamed by a rubber band, and his half-open Hawaiian shirts … (and was) a wrestling world fixture for more than a half-century.”

RIP Brendan Mullen

Posted in Deaths with tags , , , , , , on October 13, 2009 by Ro
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Mike Watt and Brendan Mullen

Brendan Mullen died of a major stroke this week at the age of 60.  He was the founder of the legendary Hollywood Hardcore Punk club Masque in 1977.

Brendan Mullen was always very kind to me… in the old days, always a kindness and interest. When the band before the minutemen made two cassettes of a prac (only recording of them), I gave one to brendan – he was only person to get cuz the other got kept in a drawer. Ever since old days we’d have huge spiels together, lots. Intelligent man. Helpful man. Drummer man, too. He’d call me with ideas all the time… more recent was to make album… now there’s no time. Fuck. He was great cat, great cat! Big love always to him from Mike Watt. He touched many folks’ lives…

Big loss for our team – missing you! ~ Mike Watt

LA Times Obituary

2007 Interview with Brendan Mullen

Susan Atkins has Died

Posted in Crime, Deaths with tags , , , , , , on September 25, 2009 by Ro

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Ex-Manson Family member Susan Atkins aka Sadie Mae Glutz has died at the Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla. She was 61 years old.

Atkins had suffered from terminal brain cancer, and had previously attempted to gain a compassionate release from prison where she was serving a life sentence for murder.

She was most notorious for stabbing 26-year-old pregnant actress Sharon Tate, wife of director Roman Polanski.

Mary Travers has Died

Posted in Deaths with tags , , , , on September 17, 2009 by Ro

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Mary Travers, singer with the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, has died of leukemia. She was 72 years old.

Peter, Paul and Mary made 1960’s protest songs like “Blowin’ in the Wind,” “If I Had a Hammer” “Puff the Magic Dragon”, and “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?”.

Patrick Swayze Succumbs to Cancer

Posted in Deaths with tags , , , , , , , on September 14, 2009 by Ro

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Actor Patrick Swayze died today after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 57 years old.

Best known for his roles in Dirty Dancing, Ghost, Point Break, and my favorite, Donnie Darko, Swayze’s most recent role was in the A&E drama series The Beast.

Michael Jackson to be Buried… FINALLY!

Posted in Deaths, Music with tags , , , , on September 2, 2009 by Ro

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Michael Jackson died on June 25, 2009. It’s September and he’s still on ice. 

Now finally some good news for Jackson’s carcass… he’s scheduled to be buried tomorrow in The Great Mausoleum at Glendale Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, CA.

Ryan Jenkins is Dead

Posted in Actors. LOL., Deaths with tags , , , , , , , on August 23, 2009 by Ro

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The Royal Canadian Mounted Police have confirmed that Ryan Jenkins, reality show star and husband/murderer of model Jasmine Fiore, was found dead in a motel in British Columbia.

“Sgt. Duncan Pound, spokesman for the RCMP’s federal border integrity program said the police force “is able to confirm that a deceased person that was found in a motel in Hope, B.C., is in fact Ryan Jenkins.” He said it appears as if Jenkins took his own life.”

SOURCE

Murdered Model Jasmine Fiore Wanted to Sing, Too. Audio Included.

Posted in Music, News with tags , , , , , , , on August 21, 2009 by Ro

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Jasmine Fiore, murdered wife of reality show star Ryan Jenkins, was an aspiring model and actress. So it’s not a big surprise that she wanted to sing, too.

Going by the name Jaz, Fiore’s vocals can be heard on GarageBand.com, where she “sang” as part of the dance/electronica group Machines of Joy.

From M.O.J.s bio:

“Inspired by and deriving their name from the modernist visions in Ray Bradbury’s 60’s literature ‘Machineries Of Joy” and the neo-classic “Fahrenheit 451”, M.O.J were implanted and fused in Northern California in February 2005. California super-model/sassy singer “Jaz” (aka. Jasmine Fiore, http://www.jasminefiore.com) and British musician-producer & electronix über-wizard mBlaze (aka. Mike Barnes) blend ethereal female vocals with melodic trance and progressive grooves aimed at both the charts & club remixes.”

By “ethereal female vocals” I think they mean “shitty auto-tuned vocals”, because people only use auto-tune to cover the fact that they can’t sing. Yes Kanye, this means you too.

Listen to part of her song Delirious here.

Dr. Conrad Murray Wants to Thank You

Posted in Music, News with tags , , , , , , on August 18, 2009 by Ro