by Shannonn Kelly
01:23AM,EST, Thursday September 17, 2009
Mary Travers of the famed 1960s folk trio, Peter, Paul and Mary, passed away Wednesday at Danbury Hospital in Connecticut after suffering from leukemia for several years. She was 72.
After successful recovery from leukemia through a bone marrow/stem cell transplant, Mary succumbed to the side effects of one [...]
Posted on September 17th, 2009 by RHIFF
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by Shannonn Kelly
2:34AM, EST, Tuesday September 15, 2009
It is with sadness that we report actor Patrick Swayze lost his nearly 2 year battle with pancreatic cancer Monday morning at his horse ranch outside of Los Angeles. He was 57.
In 1987 Patrick Swayze danced into our hearts as the romantic leading with the hot moves and [...]
Posted on September 15th, 2009 by RHIFF
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by Shannonn Kelly
8:21AM, EST Monday September 14, 2009
Jim Carroll, writer, poet, punk rocker, died of a heart attack in his Manhattan home this past Friday. He was 60.
Carroll is best known in the mainstream for his book “The Basketball Diaries,” published in 1978, about his drug addled, teenage life as a basketball star and [...]
Posted on September 14th, 2009 by RHIFF
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by Shannonn Kelly
12:56AM, EST, Saturday September 12, 2009
Award winning M-A-S-H writer Larry Gelbart, died yesterday morning, Friday September 11 at his home in Beverly Hills, California. Gelbart was diagnosed with cancer in June. He was 81.
The great actor Jack Lemmon, referred to Gelbart as “one of the greatest writers of comedy to have graced the [...]
Posted on September 12th, 2009 by RHIFF
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by Shannonn Kelly
2:04PM, EST, August 29, 2009
Today is the 51st birthday of the late King of Pop, Michael Joseph Jackson from the Gary, Indiana, a town 25 miles from downtown Chicago.
Instead of celebrating with candles and concerts, the world still mourns the shocking news of his death.
Posted on August 29th, 2009 by RHIFF
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by Shannonn Kelly
7:40AM, EST, August 29, 2009
Over shadowed by the death of Ted Kennedy, best-selling author, investigative journalist and special correspondent for Vanity Fair, Dominick Dunne, died on August 26 from a battle with bladder cancer at his home in Manhattan. He was 83.
Dunne is the father of deceased daughter, actress Dominique Dunne, Poltergeist (1982) [...]
Posted on August 29th, 2009 by RHIFF
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