Category: Death, Mourning
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Actor, comedian and exasperated dad Mac dies at 50
Bernie Mac, actor, comedian and put-upon dad, dies at 50 from pneumonia complications. Mac died Saturday morning of complications from pneumonia in a Chicago-area hospital, his publicist, Danica Smith, said in a statement from Los Angeles. “The world just got a little less funny,” said “Oceans” co-star George Clooney. Don Cheadle, another member of the…
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Robert Hazard, Philly Rocker, Dies at 59
Robert Hazard, 59, the Philadelphia-bred rock troubadour who wrote the pop anthem “Girls Just Want to Have Fun,” died unexpectedly Tuesday night after surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Robert Hazard and the Heroes, born out of the late-1970s punk movement, were a fixture on the local Philly bar scene through the mid-1980s. One…
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The Scream Continues…
Today sucked. This week sucked. I suck. My week started out horribly. It never had anything even close to a good point at any point. Then it ended just a horribly. To be honest I have to wonder why I am still here on this planet. Not feeling well I went in to drink some…
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Don’t Bother Seeing The Strangers
Went to see The Strangers last night and quite honestly I was disappointed. The previews and critic quotes they splashed across the screen let me think I would be “messed up for life†and “unable to sleep for weeksâ€. Well I slept last night without any problems. The first half hour (felt like an hour)…
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Taking Care of Grave Matters
Gravesite Masters knows how to handle grief in fact they can even handle it for you. Whether you simply can’t bear to go back after burying a loved one or you live to far away to get back to the grave as often as you want they take care of it for you. Gravesite Masters…
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Funny Man Harvey Korman Has Passed Away
One of the funniest men alive has died today; he was 81. He had complications from the rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm four months ago. I remember him best from the Carol Burnett show and from there Mama’s Family. He and Tim Conway were a hoot. I loved them. But he had done so…
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Sydney Pollack Dies of Cancer
Actor / director Sydney Pollack has died today of cancer. He was 73. He may be best remembered as the director of Out of Africa, Tootsie and The Way We Were. Â According to the Associated Press he was surrounded by family at his home this afternoon when he passed away.
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Rabbits by Liz Martelli
I make mistakes the way rabbits breed I keep bad company the way some men keep bees Bleed the rabbit and soak the skin tell me I’m not lyin’ Mr. Rabbit tell me how you boil so well under a skillet sun Mr. Rabbit tell me you’re not lucky. 130 days and some change I…
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Funerals Are the Final Frontier as Star Trek Merchandise Reaches Out to Four Decades of Fans
Licensed Star Trek caskets and urns for that final voyage… FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Eternal Image, Inc. (OTC:ETIM.PK – News), a public company engaged in the design, manufacturing and marketing of licensed brand image funerary products such as caskets and urns, today announced it has executed an agreement to design, manufacture and market a line of…