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Actor Corey Haim dead at 38, overdose suspected: reports

posted 2010-03-10 09:12:42 by DaveM



Eighties teen idol Corey Haim died Wednesday morning of an apparent drug overdose, according to Los Angeles police.








Mark Linkous, Leader of Sparklehorse Band, Dies at 47

posted 2010-03-08 16:44:48 by stevemay



Mark Linkous, a singer and songwriter whose music, released under the name Sparklehorse, was renowned in indie-rock and alt-country circles for its haunted, allusive themes and fragile beauty, committed suicide on Saturday in Knoxville, Tenn. He was 47.








Barry Hannah, Darkly Comic Writer, Dies at 67

posted 2010-03-05 13:18:07 by DaveM



Barry Hannah, a writer who found wide acclaim with wild, darkly comic short stories and novels set in a phantasmagoric South moving at warp speed, died on Monday at his home in Oxford, Miss. He was 67.








Sarris Candies founder dies

posted 2010-03-02 09:31:14 by grendel



Frank Sarris, founder of Sarris Candies, died at home in Canonsburg last night.








BONER IS DEAD

posted 2010-02-25 19:17:16 by dmcnelis



(CNN) -- Actor Andrew Koenig, missing since February 14, was found dead in Vancouver, British Colombia, Thursday, a source close to the family told CNN.








Alexander Haig, Ex-U.S. Secretary of State, Dies at 85

posted 2010-02-20 11:27:08 by stevemay



Alexander M. Haig Jr., the mercurial four-star general who served as a confrontational secretary of state under President Ronald Reagan and a commanding White House chief of staff as President Richard M. Nixon’s administration crumbled, died Saturday in Baltimore. He was 85.








Obituary: Jim Bibby / Pirates pitcher, started twice in 1979 Series

posted 2010-02-18 07:47:40 by stevemay



Bibby died Tuesday night at Lynchburg General Hospital. He was 65. No other details were available as his family requested privacy, adding that a statement would be released later.









The Knack lead singer Doug Fieger dies

posted 2010-02-15 11:28:35 by stevemay



WOODLAND HILLS, Calif. – Doug Fieger, leader of the power pop band The Knack who sang on the 1979 hit "My Sharona," died Sunday. He was 57.








Fred Morrison, inventor of the Frisbee, dies at age 90

posted 2010-02-12 09:34:04 by jill



Fred Morrison, inventor of the Frisbee, has died at his home in Utah at the age of 90.








British fashion icon Alexander McQueen commits suicide

posted 2010-02-11 11:13:14 by stevemay



British fashion designer Alexander McQueen has been found dead after taking his own life.









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