Whitney Houston is dead. It is not a Twitter hoax, joke, or false rumor. Police in California and her publicist has confirmed the actress and Grammy Award winning singer was found dead in her Beverly Hills hotel Room. While the cause of death is not yet known, fans are already in mourning. Over the years, Whitney Houston did try to use her star power wisely. She gave her celebrity endorsement to non-profit organizations like the Red Cross, the Children’s Defense Fund, and the United Service Organization. Battling drug addictions problems seemed to dominate the past three decades for the talent. What happened to her? Keep reading…
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Who died? Not a rumor, not a hoax — celebrities listed in this category are dead (not alive). The following list of stories are about actual celebrities who died recently or are dead and have made headline news thanks to Hollywood movie fans and people who love famous faces who were on TV that are remembering their memory. Celebrity death reports, confirmed — with condolences to the deceased stars families.
Wrestling legend Macho Man Randy Savage dead and gone but not forgotten
Macho Man Randy Savage was one of the wrestling greats. He and good friend Hulk Hogan battled their way through fights on WWF and WWE back in the 80s and 90s like nothing could stand in their way. In 2011, Randy Savage was killed in an unfortunate car accident after his heart gave out while driving on a Florida interstate. Hulk Hogan was still very much alive and putting his heart into a legal battle with ex-wife Linda Bollea. Did the Snap Into A Slim Jim commercial celebrity athlete have a better take on women than the Hulkster while he was still alive? He divorced Miss Elizabeth and died happily married to another lady. Keep reading…
Celebrity Death: Beauty queen Eva Ekvall died from breast cancer at 28
Latin beauty queen Eva Ekvall died from breast cancer on December 17th after an unsuccessful battle to treat her malady in the United States. A former Miss Venezuela turned actress and news anchor, died on that Saturday after showing her family and friends she bore the illness with both poise and grace. After being diagnosed, the former beauty queen and Latin icon used her star power wisely in her final days. She wrote a book after being diagnosed with breast cancer last year then used her public profile as an international celebrity to help raise public awareness about living with breast cancer as a life threatening disease. Keep reading…
Hollywood and luxury product vendors will miss North Korea’s Kim Jong Il
Easily one of the least humanitarian celebrity leaders in history, Team America movie character Kim Jong Il suffered an overdose of the Western lifestyle he loved so much. He had diabetes and heart disease, ultimately succumbing to a heart attack. One lesson he failed to learn was one of moderation. It was his excessive policies and excessive control that ruined North Korea. It was his excessive and hypocritical personal taste that ruined him. One wonders if his son, Kim Jong Un, the new leader of North Korea, will take note of that lesson. Want to know more about why luxury product vendors are missing the eccentric dictator? Keep reading…
Ding Dong Dictator Kim Jong-Il dead (funny video clips from SNL, Mad TV)
The Kim Jong-Il dictatorship was long parodied by comedy television programs in the United States. Mad TV was one hit television show in the West that used to make jokes about the communist leader being obsessed with Western culture and loving to perpetrate human rights abuses. Saturday Night Live (SNL) was another. Here’s a video clip from Mad TV where that kookie little Kim Jong Il shows off as the, “little man with the big dictatorship.” In it, he interviews the, “big deal player” Donald Trump, host of Celebrity Apprentice. We also have a funny link to a video of Kim Jong-Il singing “Wocket Man” by Elton John (sort of). Keep reading…
The Beatles drummer Ringo Starr anti-gun statue dedicated to John Lennon
The Beatles lost a priceless treasure when John Lennon’s life was stolen from him in a random act of human vs. human gun violence. Now, band member Ringo Starr is speaking out more about the incident. On the 31st anniversary of the musician’s death, his pal has dedicated a new statue to him. The Non Violence Project Foundations says, “2010 marked the seventy year commemoration of John Lennon’s birth as well as the thirty year commemoration of his tragic death. He was shot and killed outside his home in New York in 1980.” Lennon’s widow Yoko Ono actually came up with the statue design. Keep reading…