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San Jose Mercury NewsSAN FRANCISCO — The death of San Francisco’s notorious Bushman — one of two men who have made a living for decades by scaring tourists at Fisherman’s Wharf — is a loss to the area’s rich culture of street performances, a wharf official said Wednesday.Bushman Dies, San Francisco Now Left With Only […]
Bushman Dies, San Francisco Now Left With Only One BushmanSFistJacobs is survived by San Francisco’s one true bushman David Johnson, who has been gleefully frightening tourists for more than 36 years. Although they often fought for the best spots on the strip of crab stands, t-shirt shops and tourist boats along …RIP Bushman!thebolditalic all 4 […]
AceShowbiz‘I’m disgusted with that. RIP to Phillip Seymour Hoffman. All respect due. But the press is evil,’ Drake says in a Twitter post which is no longer available. Tweet. Drake Slams Magazine for Switching His Cover to Philip Seymour Hoffman. See larger image.No more magazine interviews, says ticked-off DrakeDetroit Free PressDrake lashes out at Rolling […]
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Oscar-winner and arguably the greatest actor of our generation, and one of the greatest of all time, died of a heroin overdose on Sunday. Philip Seymour Hoffman was found inside his home, a $9,800-per-month rental apartment he used as an office in Greenwich Village, in his underwear, and on the bathroom floor. […]
Tom Sherak, the former President Of The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences who passed away after a 12-year battle with prostate cancer, was remembered on Twitter as “one of the good guys” of Hollywood. Here’s a sample of the Twitter tweets issued about one of the greatest motion picture executives in the business: […]
New York TimesPete Seeger in 1975, protesting the dumping of PCBs in the Hudson River, sang to a group of children as the sloop Clearwater rode at anchor. Associated Press. As much as he was known around the world as a troubadour of idealism, Pete Seeger was at …Video: RIP Pete SeegerNewsOK.comFolk singer, activist dead […]
Peter O’Toole, the great actor who passed away due after what was reported to have been a “long illness” at 81, was a riot when he appeared with on The Late Show With David Letterman on May 17th, 1995. Peter O’Toole, ever with a flare for the dramatic, entered riding a camel, and then, after […]
Peter O’Toole Was A Hit, With His Camel, On David Letterman In 1995 Peter O’Toole, one of the greatest actors in the history of cinema, passed away today at the young age of 81. Mr. O’Toole was credited for 94 roles in movie roles, but many, including this blogger, remember him most for his role […]
ComputerworldAfter Comet ISON’s tumultuous close approach to the sun on Thursday, scientists are working to determine whether it still exists or is now nothing more than dust. The comet, which was first spotted in September 2012, quickly gained the attention of …Top Comet ISON watcher calls space rock officially DOACNETJimmy Westlake: RIP Comet ISONSteamboat Pilot […]
Lou Reed was one of the first established musicians to give his full support to the Occupy Wall Street movement. His effort didn’t consist of just words, but performance. Here, at Lincoln Center In New York City, during the night of December 1st, 2011, he said “I’ve never been more ashamed than to see the […]
James Gandolfini’s passing has ignited a wave of shows remembering favorite scenes from The Sopranos. But even though this blogger mentioned the scene with then-NY Jets Coach Eric Mangini as his favorite, others on YouTube have noted what there faves are. This post lists them where videos could be found for them. TONY D’CARLO 15 […]
James Gandolfini and Tony Soprano are both Twitter Trends as of this writing, and in the wake of the sudden passing of 51-year-old actor James Gandolfini, the actor who played Tony Soprano on The Sopranos. On Twitter, Mr. Gandolfini is being remembered mostly for his most memorable lines from The Sopranos, as well as just […]
Tony Sirico. Mr. Tony Sirico was the ultimate tough guy, and in the wake of the news of the passing of James Gandolfini Wednesday, the other The Sopranos star’s name is the number two search on Google under “James Gandolfini.” Genaro Anthony “Tony” Sirico, Jr. is a popular character actor who is most remembered for […]
The latest Oklahoma Tornado news is that one of the storm chasers who have given us some of the fantastic videos we have seen were among 13 killed by twisters in Central OK on Friday. And that is on top of the five killed in Northern Oklahoma the day before, on Thursday. Tim Samaras was […]
Roger Ebert. Wben I saw the words “RIP Roger Ebert” on Twitter, I knew I’d grown older at just that moment. Because, you see, I grew up with Mr. Ebert and Gene Siskel, and tuned in religiously to their TV show “At The Movies.” That was Siskel and Ebert. When Gene Siskel died of cancer […]
Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice is a star on and off the field. He shines on game day and also in the fight against bullying. He is an advocate of anti-bullying. Earlier this week, 12-year old Baily O’Neill, a student at Derby Township School in Pennsylvania, was beaten so badly he had to be placed […]
Even though he was born in Philadelphia and passed away in Los Angeles, Jack Klugman’s someone I always associate with New York City. The reasons are simple: his role as Oscar Madison, the sloppy, smart but everyman sports writer friend and roommate to Felix Unger, expertly played by the late Tony Randall. Klugman’s ties to […]
Jenni Rivera (Jenny Dolores Rivera Saavedra), the three-times-married, 43-year-old mother of five children, and World-known reality TV show star died in a plane crash in northern Mexico. The NBC report said: At approximately 3:25 am (UTC−6:00) on December 9, 2012, a private Learjet 25 carrying two pilots and five passengers including Rivera lost contact with […]
Steve Sabol passed away after an 11 month battle with brain cancer, and a brain tumor that could not be removed. Mr. Sabol was President of NFL Films, the company started by his father, Ed Sabol. His impact on American Culture was nothing short of incredible. Steve, who was 69, helped usher in the era […]
Wow. It’s hard to believe that famed actor Michael Clarke Duncan, star of The Green Mile among his most noted films, dead of “myocardial infarction” at the age of just 54 years old. What’s so hard about reading this is that this marks the third time this year for this blogger personally to have heard […]
Bill Cosby maybe old, but that’s no excuse to put him under before his time. Once again we have Twitter-based reports that Mr. Cosby has passed on (“Bill Cosby RIP”) – the truth is he’s still alive and active via Twitter. But rather than send a tweet “I’m alive” he’s sending out one about one […]
Sally Ride, America’s first woman in Space, and a major part of the Zeitgeist, died of something I do wish we would find a cure for: cancer. In this case, Pancreatic Cancer. She was 61 years old. Sally reached the distinction of being the first woman in Space, and the youngest, in 1983. That was […]
Rajesh Khanna, India’s first Bollywood megastar, died after a long illness. Rajesh Khanna was 69. Here are more details from Hindu Times: Bollywood’s original superstar Rajesh Khanna, who charmed his way into the hearts of millions of swooning women in the 1960s and 70s, died in Mumbai today. 69-year-old Khanna, who shot to superstardom with […]
Social Media has officially replaced traditional journalism and Old Media as the first news source of choice. Or so says a cool infographic created and distributed by Schools.com. The infographic, which you can see below, reports that over 50 percent of people surveyed get their breaking news via social media rather than traditional news sources, […]
Either some Twitter users are blind or stupid, but whatever the case, the Twitter Trend “RIP Facebook” which is hot today (ranked number 7 as of this writing) and would seem to point to the demise of the giant Social Network website, is in point of fact totally wrong. As of this writing Facebook Stock […]
George Zimmerman, who killed Trayvon Martin after pursuing him just because the 17-year-old fit a racial profile Zimmerman had hard-wired into his brain, is out on just $150,000 bail (or about $15,000) after his Friday bail hearing, where the judge granted the request. The photo is of George Zimmerman and his wife Shellie – thanks […]
For some reason not yet explained conservative political blogger Andrew Breitbart passed away at 43 years old. Perhaps some key as to his passing lay in the observation that he looked a lot older than his 43 years to me, but that’s another blog post. While Breitbart may have hated the institutional left, and those […]
Davy Jones passing at 66 years old brings up a lot of memories for this fan of the singing group ‘The Monkees.’ Yes, there goes another signpost on The Zeitgeist. There are a lot of ideas and myths about blacks in the 1960s: that we were advancing the civil rights movement (an idea), that we […]
It is with very great sadness that I report Whitney Houston has died at 48 years of age. I can’t even believe I’m blogging that this actually happened, even though I don’t know what happened. I do know that some one of the people that were part of the reported entourage that was with her […]
Twitter’s the focus of a series of “death” pranks today, the latest reporting Drake RIP, and before that – just about two hours – it was Eddie Murphy RIP. Here’s the truth: Eddie Murphy is just fine, and Drake is, as this blog post is written, performing for US Soccer Star Hope Solo and many […]
Al Davis – Great Oakland Raiders Owner Dies – RIP, a photo by zennie62 on Flickr. Al Davis, the great and legendary owner of the Oakland Raiders, died this morning at the age of 82. On their website, the Oakland Raiders said they would issue a statement. Stay tuned. Related Blogs
Yesterday all over my Facebook feed I saw “RIP STEVE JOBS” from my peers. At New England School of Communications we thrive on Apple products. Every computer classroom has an iMAC and most students have MacBooks and MacBook Pros – this is being typed on a MacBook Pro. It was not too long ago that […]
A real, real sad bit of news happened about six hours ago: Nick Ashford, the smooth singing voice and part of the team that has been Ashford and Simpson, with Valerie Simpson, for as much of my life as I can recall (and that’s a lot) passed away of complications due to a battle with […]
Cisco’s sudden and really awful decision to end production of the Flip Video Camera brand and fire 550 people stunned not just this blogger, who went on a rant… But the media and the Internet. On the day of the announcement “RIP Flip” become a Twitter trending topic, and “flip camera” was one of the […]