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Levon Helm The BandLevon Helm The Band , Levon Helm died Thursday at the age of 71, and a piece of the rich roots music now called Americana should be buried with him. Helm, who was best known as the drummer for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame group The Band, had been suffering from a recurrence of the cancer that cost him his singing voice a decade earlier. Larry Campbell, music director for the Levon Helm Band, said he died peacefully at Memorial Sloan-Kettering, “surrounded by friends and bandmates and family.” Helm won three solo Grammys over a 65-year career in which he blended all the music he heard as a youth in Turkey Scratch, Ark.: country, blues, bluegrass, gospel, R&B, pop and rock ‘n’ roll. |
Ryan Gosling Death HoaxRyan Gosling Death Hoax , Hey girl, you can stop sobbing uncontrollably, because Ryan Gosling is alive and well. As if The Notebook isn’t enough of a tear-jerker already, on Tuesday the disreputable Global Associated News reported that the Canadian heartthrob fell 50 feet to his death while filming a movie in the Kitzbühel Alps. Gosling is just the latest victim of the Internet’s most boring trend: The celebrity death hoax. |
Robin Gibb DeathRobin Gibb Death , Singer Robin Gibb, suffering from cancer and pneumonia, is in a coma fighting for his life in a London hospital, his Web site announced. He is near death, ABC News reported, although a message on his Web site is positive. |
Juan Carlos Elephant InjuryJuan Carlos Elephant Injury , The head of Egypt’s election commission says 10 presidential hopefuls, including the country’s ex-spy chief and key Islamists have been disqualified from running. Farouk Sultan, the head of the Supreme Presidential Election Commission, said Saturday that those excluded include Hosni Mubarak’s former spy chief Omar Suleiman, Muslim Brotherhood chief strategist Khairat el-Shater and hard-line lawyer-turned-preacher Hazem Abu Ismail. He didn’t give a reason |
Michael Sands Death Deli MeatMichael Sands Death Deli Meat , A famed Hollywood publicist who claimed to be an undercover CIA operative who helped capture terrorists choked to death on a deli meat sample at an upmarket Los Angeles supermarket, according to The Wrap. Michael Sands, who was also the brains behind Mr Blackwell’s annual Worst Dressed List, was tasting a piece of beef at Gelson’s Deli Counter in Century City when it became lodged in his throat. The 66-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene for five minutes but was revived and taken to Cedars Sinai hospital where he was placed in an induced coma |
Indonesia Earthquake Triggers Tsunami AlertIndonesia Earthquake Triggers Tsunami Alert , A massive earthquake struck off Indonesia’s Sumatra island on Wednesday, triggering an Indian Ocean-wide tsunami alert and evacuation orders to clear people away from the coast. |
Miguel De La Madrid DeathMiguel De La Madrid Death , Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado, who led Mexico from 1982 to 1988 during economic crisis and a devasting earthquake, died Sunday at age 77, President Felipe Calderon announced on his Twitter account. A spokeswoman for Calderon’s office speaking on condition of anonymity because she was not authorized to speak to be quoted by the press confirmed Sunday that the message was posted by Calderon. Calderon said he is “profoundly sorry for the death of ex-President De la Madrid.” The cause of death was not immediately announced, but the former president had been hospitalized for respiratory problems since late last year. |
Randy Travis ArrestRandy Travis Arrest, Think you had a wild Super Bowl party? You probably can’t top country singer Randy Travis. The Grammy Award-winner was arrested early Monday morning in Sanger, Texas, on suspicion of public intoxication, NBC reports. “I apologize for what resulted following an evening of celebrating the Super Bowl. I’m committed to being responsible [...] |
15.5 Pound Baby Chun Chun China15.5 Pound Baby Chun Chun China, A baby boy has been born weighing a whopping 15.52lbs (17.04kgs) in central China.Chun Chun, who was delivered on Saturday, is possibly the country’s heaviest baby on record.Mother and baby are both in good condition in a local hospital in Xinxiang city, Henan province. The arrival was auspiciously timed, [...] |