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Jani Lane,47,Former Lead Singer For Warrant,Found Dead In A Nice, But Low Budget California Motel… Near Empty Bottle Of Vodka And Prescription Drugs Found At The Scene

August 12, 2011

Jani Lane,the 47-year-old lead singer of 1980s glam rock hair band Warrant,was found dead Thursday evening in Woodland Hills.Lane’s body was found at the Comfort Inn at the 20100 block of Ventura Boulevard,in the San Fernando Valley in Southern California.(HuffPo) (JaniLane.net,the official site for Jani Lane fans) A police spokesman had no immediate information on […]

Happy 100th Birthday To THE Funniest Comedian EVER On TV…Lucille Ball…R.I.P.

August 6, 2011

The world celebrates today,the 100th anniversary of the birth of T.V.’s greatest comedian, Lucille Ball.(WIKI) (Happy 100th birthday Lucy…we love you!!!) In honor of the life of this great comedian, Google posted a doodle on their home page in memory of the late great legendary ditzy red-head, who was not a ditz at all, yet […]

Drug Addict Actor Jeff Conaway,60, Dies Today After Losing Neverending Battle With Narcotics…

May 27, 2011

Actor Jeff Conaway’s never-ending battle against narcotics, and various other debilitating drugs,has finally ended today,at the age of 60.(TMZ) Conaway rose to fame in the late 1970s as a high school greaser in the hit movie musical “Grease” and as a regular on the classic 1970’s TV series “Taxi” but in more recent years was […]

West Coast Hip Hop Hooks And R&B Singer Nate Dogg,41,Dies From Complications From Multiple Strokes…Regulating In Eternity!!!

March 16, 2011

Late last night, we recieved the sad news that the smooth singing, laid back G-funk hip hop legend Nate Dogg, whose real name was Nathaniel D. Hale, has died at the young age of 41.(Long Beach press-Telegram) Nate Dogg had been suffering from health issues for several years, sufferring the effects of two strokes ,one in 2007,which left  him […]

Former Alice In Chains Bassist Mike Starr,44, Loses Battle With Addiction…

March 9, 2011

Former Alice in Chains bassist Mike Starr,44, was found dead in a Salt Lake City Utah home yesterday afternoon, just weeks after being arrested for illegal possession of prescription narcotics. Salt Lake City cops say he had 6 Xanax pills and 6 Opana pills,which are painkillers, when he was arrested last month.(TMZ) The police were responding to a caller […]

‘Leave It To Beaver” June Cleaver Actress BarBara Billingsley, Dead At The Age Of 94…She Was The Mother For A Generation Of Fans!

October 17, 2010

Sad news for all us ‘Leave It To Beaver’ fans… [picapp align=”center” wrap=”false” link=”term=barbara+billingsley&iid=9954870″ src=”http://view.picapp.com/pictures.photo/image/9954870/file-photo-actress-barbara/file-photo-actress-barbara.jpg?size=500&imageId=9954870″ width=”234″ height=”331″ /] The AP is reporting that veteran actress Barbara Billingsley, who gained the title supermom for her gentle portrayal of June Cleaver, the warm, supportive mother of a pair of precocious boys in “Leave it to Beaver,” has died. […]

Troubled “Lost Boy” Star Corey Haim,38,Found Dead Today Of Apparent Drug Overdose

March 10, 2010

Breaking News- 1980’s “Lost Boys’” feature film child- star, and real life troubled actor Corey Haim,has been found unresponsive sometime before 2 a.m. inside a unit at the Oakwood Apartment Complex, located between Burbank and the Hollywood Hills, police said.(SOURCE) [picapp align=”left” wrap=”true” link=”term=corey+haim&iid=4305255″ src=”5/7/0/7/PicImg_Shark_City_Los_c304.JPG?adImageId=11173868&imageId=4305255″ width=”234″ height=”351″ /]Locals have christened this popular actor’s hideaway as […]