Category Archives: Celebrity/musician deaths

Celebrity/musician deaths, WWE news

RIP: Captain Lou Albano 1933 – 2009

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WWE Legend, Captain Lou Albano, mostly famous for mixing wrestling with rock music by teaming up with Cyndi Lauper to star in her videos, has died at his home surrounded by family. Lou Albano did not have cancer and his cause of death is not known at this time.

He is also known for being a popular wrestling manager, who managed superstars such as Hulk Hogan, Andre The Giant, Jimmy Snuka and more. Lou was also famous for playing the legendary video game character, Mario, in the “Super Mario Bros.” TV show.

Lou Albano was a wrestling legend and a WWE Hall of Famer. RIP Lou, that guy was so cool and one of my favorites watching him as a kid.

Kev

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Celebrity/musician deaths, Politics/war

Thought: The Governator keeping himself busy in politics…

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Governor Schwarzenegger has been keeping himself busy in politics in California lately. Signing all these new bills, and making new laws in Cali. He’s been doing everything from honoring Harvey Milk, being honored to Parkland, signs a new solar energy bill, vetoing the puppy mill, signing a new DUI law, etc.

His latest is signing a bill against the paparazzi’s in Hollywood. Making it easier for celebs to sue against media and making it harder for paps to shoot pics of celebs without their consent.

Obviously, Arnold was a huge movie star before his political career, so he knows what it’s like to be stalked by the paps and knows what it’s like being in the tabloids. I know how much Arnold hates the paps, you think he’s doing it for himself and his family, but I don’t think so. Arnold still supports Hollywood and his fellow film actors, so he wants to help all celebs. I had a feeling Arnold would make a law like this against the paps.

Celebs are human beings too and they deserve their privacy. So this is one thing Arnold did that I actually agree with. It’s about time!

Kev

Celebrity/musician deaths

RIP: Mary Travers 1936 – 2009

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*sigh* WHY 2009 WHY!!!!!! God decides to take away celebrities and famous musicians away from us like crazy. Now you can add Mary Travers to the list. She is famous for being the singer for Peter, Paul and Mary, the legendary folk music group.

She was battling leukemia for several years and she died at the Danbury Hospital in Connecticut, she was 72.

The Associated Press reports:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i0Lq0ucnPygdqSUIrWSoM5pge2AgD9AOOVA04

Kev

Celebrity/musician deaths

RIP: Patrick Swayze 1952 – 2009

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Just coming home from work and finding out that one of my favorite actors that I’ve admired for years couldn’t survive the pancreatic cancer. Yes, I was a longtime fan of this guy’s acting for years. Some of my favorite movies he has starred in were “Roadhouse”, “Point Break” and “Ghost”. He also had a great role in the movie, “The Outsiders”. “Dirty Dancing” was good, but it was never really my favorite film, I liked his other films the most.

This is an extremely HUGE loss in the movie industry since the death of Heath Ledger. Patrick Swayze was an important actor in Hollywood. It was too soon to lose him and we weren’t ready to lose him yet.

Patrick was such a great guy. There was never anything bad said about him over the years, a talented actor and he seemed very down to earth.

RIP Patrick, another legend gone this year.

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118008612.html?categoryid=2492&cs=1

Kev

Celebrity/musician deaths

RIP: Jim Carroll 1949 – 2009

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Jim Carroll, a famous poet and writer, has died of a heart attack at his home in Manhattan, New York City. He was mostly known for writing his autobiography novel, “The Basketball Diaries” which was later made into a Hollywood motion picture that starred Leonardo Dicaprio as Jim himself.

He was also a rock musician and singer. He sang for his own band, the Jim Carroll Band.

The Associated Press reports:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gbYQ1IwSM7Dt_B_gQ_0Wwww0ccngD9AMSQP81

Kev

Celebrity/musician deaths

RIP: DJ Am (Adam Goldstein) 1973 – 2009

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Yep, another shocking celebrity death! As reported on TMZ, DJ Am (real name: Adam Goldstein) just died today. He is a profesional and famous turntable DJ, who provided turntable scratches for many famous bands and musicians such as Blink 182 for starters, Madonna, Jay-Z and more.

DJ Am survived a dangerous plane crash along with his friend Travis Barker, drummer of Blink 182. Adam was found dead in his New York City apartment today. Prescription pills is probably what killed him, what else is new?

Kev

Celebrity/musician deaths

RIP: Les Paul 1915 – 2009

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Legendary guitarist and legendary guitar maker, Les Paul, has died at a New York hospital of complications of pneumonia, he was 94.

Les Paul has invented a guitar brand named, Gibson Les Paul, named after him. This guitar brand has brought the fame of other guitar legends like Jimmy Page, Pete Townshend, Al Dimeola, Slash and many more. The guitar has attracted to many other guitarists in this world whether famous guitarists or non-famous.

Les Paul has been a huge influence in the world of guitar playing, today is a very sad day in the music industry. RIP, the King of Rock guitars.

More on it here:

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118007241.html?categoryid=16&cs=1

Celebrity/musician deaths

RIP: John Hughes 1950 – 2009

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Legendary 80’s film maker, John Hughes, is another icon gone this summer. He died in New York City while out for a morning stroll in the streets of Manhattan, he fell and suffered a heart attack. He was staying in NYC for a little while to visit family members.

John Hughes is the director of such iconic movies as, “The Breakfast Club”, “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”, “Uncle Buck”, “Plains Trains and Automobiles”, “Curly Sue”, and more. If it wasn’t for John, then stars like Anthony Michael Hall, Macaulay Culkin, Mathew Broderick, and Molly Ringwald wouldn’t have gotten their fame.

The same goes for rock bands like the Psychedellic Furs and Simple Minds. John Hughes included the Simple Minds song “Don’t You Forget About Me” for the “Breakfast Club” movie, which the song became an essential hit song of all times.

John Hughes was one of the most talented film makers in Hollywood back in the 80’s. John hasn’t directed a new movie since 1991’s “Curly Sue”, but he has written a handful of scripts over the years.

The Associated Press reports:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iALR8b0rAZq86zww0Gb_iAvFzYXAD99TO3IO0

Kev