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Elizabeth Taylor dead at 79

Elizabeth Taylor, the legendary actress famed for her beauty, her jet-set lifestyle, her charitable endeavors and her many marriages, has died, her publicist told CNN Wednesday. She was 79.

Taylor died "peacefully today in Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles," said a statement from her publicist. She was hospitalized six weeks ago with congestive heart failure, "a condition with which she had struggled for many years. Though she had recently suffered a number of complications, her condition had stabilized and it was hoped that she would be able to return home. Sadly, this was not to be."

read the rest here:

http://www.cnn.com/2...ylor/index.html

Rest in peace Liz!

[LycanGhost]

Rest in Peace, Liz.

[MoonChild]

RIP Elizabeth Taylor.

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Geraldine Ferraro dies at age 75

Geraldine Ferraro, who trailblazed American politics for women when she became a vice presidential candidate of the Democratic Party in the mid-1980s, died Saturday, according to a family statement. She was 75.

A resident of New York City, Ferraro died in Massachusetts General Hospital, surrounded by loved ones. The cause of death was complications from multiple myeloma, a blood cancer she had battled for 12 years, according to the statement released by her family from Boston.

http://www.cnn.com/2...dex.html?hpt=T1

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Harry Coover, Super Glue’s Inventor, Dies at 94

This guy changed everyone's life!

The man who invented Super Glue, died on Saturday night at his home in Kingsport, Tenn. He was 94. The cause was congestive heart failure, his daughter, Dr. Melinda Coover Paul, said.

http://www.nytimes.c...s/28coover.html

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Hollywood actor Jackie Cooper dead at 88

Actor Jackie Cooper, the former child star who enjoyed renewed fame years later as Daily Planet editor Perry White in the Christopher Reeve "Superman" movies, has died near Los Angeles, his attorney said on Wednesday. He was 88.

read more here: http://www.reuters.c...E7437WL20110504

Rest in peace, Jackie.

[Redhead]

Jeff Conaway succumbs to his disease, prescription drug addiction.

http://tv.yahoo.com/...ies-at-60--3073
http://www.washingto...s=celebritology

I hope this terrible loss will serve as a good lesson to people out there - just because it's prescribed, doesn't mean it's not addictive! Oxycotin is very, very dangerous and as an opiate, it's hard to get clean from it.

Edited by Redhead, 27 May 2011 - 04:06 PM.

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Redhead, on May 28 2011, 05:05 AM, said:

Jeff Conaway succumbs to his disease, prescription drug addiction.

http://tv.yahoo.com/...ies-at-60--3073
http://www.washingto...s=celebritology

I hope this terrible loss will serve as a good lesson to people out there - just because it's prescribed, doesn't mean it's not addictive! Oxycotin is very, very dangerous and as an opiate, it's hard to get clean from it.

omG was that him in Grease? That is so sad Seen Grease a couple of times on DVD and it's always a fun movie. RedHead's right, "just because it's prescribed doesn't mean it's not addictive"

[Redhead]

Man, we lost the real Matt Dillon - James Arness of Gunsmoke has died. He was 88. One of his earliest roles was that of the thing in The Thing in the 1950s. It was his huge size that got him that role. Later, his buddy, John Wayne, recommended him for Marshall Dillon when it went from a radio drama to a television one. I read once that he was very self conscious of his limp, remnants of being injured in the war, but the producers of the show convinced him it lent him credibility as a frontier law man, reasoning that Marshall Dillon would probably have been wounded in gunfights, etc. Bon voyage, Mr. Arness, you will be missed, yet fondly remembered!
http://tv.yahoo.com/...it_james_arness

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Assisted suicide advocate Kevorkian dies at age 83

Jack Kevorkian, the retired pathologist who captured the world's attention as he helped dozens of ailing people commit suicide, igniting intense debate and ending up in prison for murder, has died in a Detroit area hospital after a short illness. He was 83.

http://news.yahoo.co..._obit_kevorkian

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Coasters Frontman Carl Gardner Dead at 83

Carl Gardner, the lead singer of the 1950s vocal group the Coasters whose tenor voice powered such classics as "Poison Ivy," "Yakety Yak," "Charlie Brown," "Young Blood" and "Searchin'," has died.

http://today.msnbc.m...-entertainment/

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E Street Band's Clarence Clemons Dies at 69

Clarence Clemons, the legendary saxophonist in the E Street Band who played alongside Bruce Springsteen for the past 40 years, died on June 18th. Clemons had suffered a massive stroke on June 12th.

http://www.rollingst...-at-69-20110618

Rest in peace, Clarence. We will miss you.

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Ryan Dunn - The "Jackass" tv/movie star died Monday in car accident.

[AngelRose]

Rest In Peace Ryan Dunn

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Peter Falk dies at 83

Actor Peter Falk, who rose to fame on a shambling manner and a rumpled raincoat as the TV detective Lt. Columbo, has died. He was 83.

Falk died peacefully at his Beverly Hills home Thursday evening, according to a statement released by his friend, attorney Larry Larson. The cause of death was not released.

http://www.cnn.com/2....html?hpt=hp_c1

Rest in Peace, Peter.