Actress Brittany Murphy, star of classic films Clueless and Girl, Interrupted, was pronounced dead this morning at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. According to reports, Murphy was found unconscious by her mother, and was later revealed to have died from a cardiac arrest. She was just 32 years old. The sudden and [...]
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Sadly, Patrick Swayze finally succumbed to pancreatic cancer earlier today. The actor was 57. Recent reports had the actor returning to his home a few days ago, to be surrounded by his family and friends in his last hours. He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, one of the strongest forms, over a year ago and [...]
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Walter Cronkite, anchor and journalist, has died at the age of 92. Cronkite, “the most trusted man in America”, during his 50+ years in journalism had covered the assasinations of President Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kenney, our landing on the moon, the Vietnam War, the Watergate scandal, various [...]
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I am OBSESSED with this book. Its an encompassing photo archive of about 200 old school store fronts and signs throughout the five boroughs of NYC, which are all but gone. Part of the fun of going to other cities is still seeing stores and shops that look like this. The [...]
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Ed McMahon, best known for being TV’s favorite sidekick, died early this morning at age 86. McMahon passed away at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, where he had been receiving treatment for his battle with pneumonia and cancer.
McMahon had a career in show biz that spanned over 60 years [...]
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Dom DeLuise, comedian and beloved funny man, passed away last night at age 75, after a long battle with prostate cancer. His son, Michael DeLuise confirmed his passing to reporters and informed them that he died in his sleep, surrounded by family in Santa Monica, California.
It’s pretty rough to mourn such a robust and funny [...]
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Simply put, yesterday was not a good day. After much speculation and many a rumor, a rep for the family of Natasha Richardson confirmed that the actress was indeed dead, two days after her catastrophic skiing accident. The loss of such a talented actress, who seemed to be loved and appreciated by so [...]
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Bettie Page, the pin-up queen, died yesterday at the age of 85. Page suffered a heart attack last week and had been on life support since at Kindred Hospital in Los Angeles. [...]
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