Posts Tagged ‘dead’
Ashley Jewell, Fiance of Housewives Kandi Burruss is »
Atlanta’s Channel 2, WSBTV.com is reporting that an arrest was made in the murdered of Ashley A.J. Jewell. Ashley was the fiancé of Kandi Burruss, the newest cast member of the hit reality show “The Real Housewives of Atlanta.” Jewell also appeared regularly on the show. (more...)
DJ AM is dead of an apparent drug overdose »
Adam Goldstein, 36-year-old, affectionately know as DJ AM was found dead in his Manhattan apartment of an apparent drug overdose. DJ AM's body was found with a crack pipe and unspecified prescription drugs nearby. He was well known for his “mash up” style of spinning the wax. (more...)
Jackson Will be Lay to Rest on August 29? »
According to the New York Daily News, Joe Jackson, the father of Michael Jackson informed them that the "King of Pop" will be buried at a Los Angeles cemetery on August 29. (more...)
Naomi Sims, the super supermodel is dead at 61 »
Ms. Sims was born on March 30, 1948, in Oxford, Miss., the third of three daughters of John and Elizabeth Sims. Her father was a porter. Her parents divorced shortly after she was born, and all she knew of her father, she told Ladies’ Home Journal, was “that my mother told me he was an absolute bum.” (more...)
Jeweler to turn Michael Jackson hair into diamond »
During Michael Jackson 1984 Pepsi commercial filming at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, he was seriously injured when his hair caught fire from the pyrotechnics. During that unfortunately incident, executive producer Ralph Cohen scooped up some of his charred hair. (more...)
Why was Dr. Tohme secretly keeping Michael Jackson »
Yesterday, TMZ reported, “Special Administrators of Michael Jackson's estate filed legal papers saying they just recovered $5.5 million in cash from a former financial advisor.” The name of the anonymous financial advisor has become public. The advisor is Dr. Tohme Tohme. (more...)
E. Lynn Harris, African American Author is dead at 54 »
E. Lynn Harris, 54 year-old died Thursday night in Los Angeles, California. Harris wrote a series of novels that exposed readers to characters rarely depicted in literature: black, affluent gay men who were masculine, complex and, sometimes, tormented. Harris had said in the past he was hurt by criticism from some black gay men who felt he [...]
McNair was killed by girlfriend while asleep on couch »
During a Wednesday's press conference in Nashville, Tennessee, police confirmed that Sahel Kazemi, 20 year-old, killed former Tennessee Titan and Baltimore Raven star player Steve McNair 36 year-old by shooting him four times before taking a seat next to him on the couch and shooting herself once in the head. (more...)
We Had Him by Maya Angelou »
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CZK7Vi1Bh4Queen Latifah read an outstanding poem, We Had Him, that was written by Dr. Maya Angelou in tribute to the late Michael Jackson. The poem was read during Jackson's public memorial at the Staples Center in Los Angeles today. (more...)
Michael Jackson to be buried in a Promethean Casket »
The Late King of Pop, Michael J. Jackson, will be buried in a $25,000 Promethean casket by the Batesville Casket Company, headquartered in Batesville, Indiana, a small town with strong midwestern values. For more than 100 years, Batesville Casket Company has been a leader in the funeral industry. (more...)
Pictures from Michael Jackson’s last rehearsal »
These pictures of Michael Jackson at rehearsal at the Staples Center in Los Angeles were taken two days before the King of Pop sudden death. Jackson does appear to look great and in good shape in these photos. (more...)
In Memoriam: Michael Jackson »
With shock and grief, stricken Michael Jackson fans from all around the globe are sadden by the untimely and unexpected death of the King of Pop. Jackson, 50 year-old, was rushed to the UCLA Medical Center hospital, approximately a six-minute drive from his Bel-Air home, shortly after noon local time by paramedics for the Los Angeles Fire [...]
Wayman Tisdale, musician and former NBA Star is dead »
Wayman Tisdale, 44-year-old, former NBA star and one of today's baddest jazz musician died on Friday after coping with cancer. Tisdale, died in a Tulsa, Oklahoma, hospital, after having problem breathing. (more...)
May His Racist and Homophobic Soul RIP »
Yesterday as his closed casket, covered by a U.S. flag and flanked by two state highway patrol troopers, lay in front of the pews of Hayes-Barton Baptist Church where he worshipped for decades and served as a deacon, I could not help but wonder if there is such thing as life after death and if it does exist where is the former senator today? The [...]
Yves Saint Laurent, 71 died in Paris »
Fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent, died this evening, a longtime friend and associate said. He was 71. Pierre Berge said Saint Laurent died at his Paris home following a long illness. Saint Laurent was born Aug. 1, 1936, in Oran, Algeria, where his father worked as a shipping executive. He first emerged as a promising designer at the age [...]
