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Here’s what some of the 80’s rock stars have died from

Accident
Falco – injuries from bus accident
Teena Marie-hit in head by picture frame while sleeping in bed in hotel suffered seizures from accident

AIDS
Baltimora – James McShane (frontman)
Queen – Freddie Mercury (vocals)
Dan Hartman (solo artist)
Men Without Hats – Allen McCarthy (percussion/electronics)
Jermaine Stewart – (solo artist)

Brain Hemmorage
Wall Of Voodoo – Joe Nanini (drums)

Cancer

After The Fire – Pete King (drummer)
Autograph – Steve Isham (keys)
George Harrison-Guitar/vocals
Cars – Benjamin Orr (bass/vocals)
Jeff Healy – (solo artist)
Little Feat – Richard Hayward (drums)
Naked Eyes – Rob Fisher (keys)
Patrick Swayze – (Solo artist)
Waitresses – Patty Donahue

Drowning
Beach Boys – Dennis Wilson (Drummer)
Loverboy-Scott Smith(bass)*thrown off boat by wave in shark infested waters never seen again

Heart Attack
Grateful Dead – Jerry Garcia (guitar/vocals)
Hooters-Boddy Woods (bass)
Rick James- (solo artist)
Musical Youth- Patrick Waite
Robert Palmer/Power Station (singer)

 Liver Disease
John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band – Bobby Cotoia (keys)
Wall Of Voodoo – Marc Moreland (guitar)

Murdered
John Lennon

OD
Michael Jackson-King of Pop propofol (murder possible)
Lowell George – Little Feat (vocals)
Milli Vanilli – Rob Pilatus (lip sync)
Ratt – Robbin Crosby (guitar)
Warrant – Jani Lane (vocals) alcohol poisoning

 Stroke
Clarence Clemmons – (Sax)
Pointer Sisters – June Pointer

Suicide

Big Country – Stuart Adamson (vocals)
Boston – Drad Delp (vocals)
Crowded House – Paul Hester (drummer)
INXS-Michael Hutchence (vocals)

Unknown
Boys Don’t Cry – Mark Smith (bass)
Kool & The Gang- Ricky Westfield(keys) & Spike Mickens(trumpet)
Levert- Gerald & Sean Levert
Weather Girls – Izora Armstead
Whispers – Marc Hutson

by choupigloupi

 Source: Us Weekly 

While Madonna kicks back in her newly renovated $32 million NYC townhouse and her homes in Los Angeles and London, her second eldest brother is living under a bridge and on the streets of Michigan.MAnthony Ciccone, 55, has opened to local news site The Michigan Messenger in an interview that addresses the influx of homeless flocking to Traverse City because of its generous meal program and shelter program. “My family turned their back on me, basically, when I was having a hard time,” said Ciccone, who grew up in Rochester Hills, Mich. along with his six siblings including his multiplatinum music artist sister, 53. “You think I haven’t answered this kind of question a bazillion times — why my sister is a multibazillionaire, and I’m homeless on the street? Never say never. This could happen to anybody.” Ciccone attributes his status to losing his job at his father’s Suttons Bay winery over a year ago.

by Lucas Lopez

LINDSAY LOHAN SHOWS UP EARLY FOR MORGUE DUTY

Source: People.com

Lindsay Lohan showed up to the Los Angeles County Morgue at 5:35 a.m. Friday morning – nearly 90 minutes ahead of her scheduled 7 a.m. community service starting time. The early arrival was no doubt an attempt not to repeat Thursday’s mistake, when Lohan, driving a brand new Porsche to the morgue showed up 20 minutes late and then left shortly afterward. She Tweeted, “With all of the stress and pressure from yesterday and today, I’ve never been so happy to go to therapy!!!! Also, I’m sorry for the confusion that I may of caused to those at the Coroner’s office. Won’t happen again, now I know where to go! Thank you for your help.” 

LINDSAY LOHAN SAYS “I’M SORRY” TO MORGUE PERSONNEL WITH BURGERS AND CUPCAKES, THAT NO ONE WAS ALLOWED TO EAT…

Source: TMZ.com

Lindsay Lohan says she is the mystery buyer who ordered 36 gourmet cupcakes and burgers to the L.A. County Morgue on Friday.  Lilo is insisting that the gesture was to say she was sorry for showing up late earlier in the week. Lohan’s rep says, “Lindsay asked her assistant to pick up lunches from the In-And-Out for the volunteers to eat on their break.” However, when the cupcakes were delivered, morgue supervisors would not let them into the building, and according to sources at the morgue, none of the staff was allowed to eat the burgers. Her rep says, “It is unfortunate that Lindsay’s well-intentioned actions were not taken in the spirit in which she intended; to say she was sorry for yesterday’s misunderstanding.”  A morgue staffer says the gesture was “unacceptable” … adding, “We’re not here to accept food.”

LILO DROPS HER BUSINESS MANAGER

Source: TMZ.com

Lindsay Lohan has kicked her business manager to the curb. Sources close to LiLo say she decided to split with her business manager, Lou Taylor.  Lindsay felt Taylor (who also manages Britney Spears) didn’t have the time to manage her and Lohan wanted someone who could put more effort into her. According to sources, Lindsay felt her finances (which were Taylor’s responsibility) were beginning to slip through the cracks and word was getting back to her that her balances were not being handled in a timely manner … in part because Taylor is based in Tennessee. Lohan’s rep says the split was amicable and Lohan and Taylor remain friends.

by Walmart Stores

 Source: TMZ.com

Rumors have been swirling that The Black Eyed Peas might be breaking up — but Saturday at LAX, Fergie and Taboo cleared it all up … they’re taking a break, not breaking up.

by toddwickersty

Source: TMZ.com
John Mayer underwent surgery this week to remove a granuloma from just above his vocal cord. Mayer said the surgery was necessary after his attempts to rest his voice didn’t help. Mayer announced the ailment last month and pushed back the release of his new album until 2012.

Source: New York Times 

Deputies in Ohio’s Muskingum County Sheriff’s Office found themselves in unfamiliar territory Tuesday night: They were perched in the back of pickup trucks hunting for big game — lions, tigers, bears and even cheetahs — in the middle of Ohio. Some four dozen animals escaped on Tuesday from an exotic animal farm in Zanesville, Ohio, and were loose in the area, according to the sheriff’s office. Law enforcement officials arrived at Muskingum County Animal Farm, to find the owner, Terry Thompson, dead and the animal cages open. “I would recommend staying in doors right now,” said the county Sheriff. No attacks or injuries had been reported as of Tuesday evening, but several schools said they would be closed on Wednesday, at the sheriff’s recommendation. In a news conference Tuesday evening, the Sheriff said that his deputies had shot and killed about 25 of the animals, including lions and wolves. That left about 20 more very large animals roaming the area. He described the animals as “mature, very big, and aggressive.” He continued: “We’ve got a little bit of a list compiled. Mainly there were grizzly bears and black bears there. There were cheetahs, there were lions and there were tigers. Those are the primary things that we would be concerned with.”

OHIO OFFICIALS DEMAND SCHOOLS TO CLOSE ON WEDNESDAY AS A RESULT OF WILD ANIMALS ON THE PROWL 

Source: CNN 

Officials in eastern Ohio declared schools closed Wednesday as sheriff’s deputies equipped with night vision attempted to hunt down dozens of exotic animals — including bears, lions, tigers and cheetahs — that escaped from a preserve following the death of its owner. Muskingum County Sheriff said deputies, armed with shotguns, were patrolling areas in pickup trucks early Wednesday morning. “There are still thought to be several dangerous animals on the loose, creating a public safety threat.” In a nearby county, the county SWAT team was equipped with night vision and the necessary weapons to deal with any encounters with such animals. The 48 animals on the loose includes wolves, giraffes and camels. On Tuesday, commuters reported spotting bears and wolves along I-70.

by veni markovski

 Source: People.com

Kevin Bacon is not the kind of guy to look back at his past work. But when the studio unearthed his audition tape from 1984’s original Footloose, he couldn’t help himself. “It was like a weird time-travel, out-of-body type thing,” Bacon, 53, said. “It’s like if you went and saw the interview you did for your first job. Wow. I literally turned the thing off, went into the bathroom, looked myself in the mirror and went, ‘Jesus, is that even the same guy’” So was he impressed with himself? “Honestly, I was,” says Bacon, who at the time he shot the movie was a relatively unknown off-Broadway actor, despite roles in Animal House, Friday the 13th and Diner. “The energy, the hunger, the determination … it was cockiness really. I oozed it.”

by PinkMoose

 Source: TMZ.com
Michaele Salahi and her rock star boyfriend, Neal Schon, dropped more than $10,000 on lingerie … during a Beverly Hills shopping spree this week. According to sources, the shopping spree came about after Michaele’s estranged husband Tareq sold off all her underwear and bras at auction earlier this month. Neal and Michaele hit up La Perla on Tuesday — a ridiculously expensive lingerie boutique on Rodeo Drive. We’re told the Journey guitarist hemorrhaged a massive $10,496.55 … buying her 42 bras and 38 panties in a wide assortment of colors.

by Alan Light

 Source: People.com

Close friends and family of the late Elizabeth Taylor gathered Sunday afternoon to remember beloved Hollywood legend during a private memorial on the Warner Brothers lot in Burbank.With Taylor’s good friend Colin Farrell hosting the 75-minute celebration, the tribute was attended by Taylor’s children Michael and Christopher Wilding, Liza Tivey and Maria Burton, as well as close friends Michael Caine, stepdaughter Kate Burton and Sir Elton John, who sang a stirring rendition of “Blue Eyes” to close the program. “To say that the world got smaller, emptier, darker and lonelier when we lost Elizabeth is an understatement,” Sir Elton John told the 400 guests during his heartfelt remarks. “She was a true rock, a pioneer, a pathfinder, a trailblazer and a star who will always burn bright and always had time to laugh at herself.” Throughout the program, guests spoke of Taylor’s humor, beauty and generosity, and shared memories from her rich and colorful life. Taylor died of congestive heart failure on March 23. She was 79.