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Bob Guccione, the adult-magazine publisher who challenged Hugh Hefner’s Playboy empire with his more risqué Penthouse magazine, has died of cancer at 79. Guccione passed away on Wednesday in a Texas hospital. He began publishing Penthouse in the U.S. in 1969 and resigned as publisher in 2003. source
Actor Tony Curtis died Wednesday of a cardiac arrestin his Las Vegas area home. He was 85 years old. His death was confirmed by the Clark County coroner, The Associated Press reported. A representative of his daughter, actress Jamie Lee Curtis, confirmed the death.
Funnyman Martin Short is dealing with a tragedy tonight: his wife Nancy Dolman has died. A representative for the grieving actor confirmed the sad news to RadarOnline.com Monday evening, which reports that Dolman passed away at the couple’s home in the Pacific Palisades. Though the Los Angeles City Fire Department responded to an emergency call at the [...]
The “Godfather of Bass Guitar,” Robert Wilson of the legendary Tulsa jazz and funk group the Gap Band, died Sunday in Los Angeles. He was 53, confirmed his publicist and manager, Don Jackson, in a late-night Sunday phone call to the Tulsa World. Wilson died from a massive heart attack in his home, Jackson said. [...]
Terrible news for former NFL quarterback Randall Cunningham and his family — Cunningham’s two-year-old son Christian drowned Tuesday afternoon in a hot tub in the back yard of Cunningham’s Nevada home. Las Vegas Police Lieutenant Dennis Flynn has been quoted as saying that it was an accident. According to initial reports, Cunningham was not at [...]
With two former loves now claiming to be the rightful heirs to Gary Coleman’s estate — his ex-wife Shannon Price in one corner, and ex-girlfriend Anna Gray in the other — it may be months before the actor’s soon-to-be cremated remains have a final home.
Marvin Isley, the bassist of his sibling band The Isley Brothers, died in Chicago on Monday. He was 56. Marvin — the youngest of the world-famous Isleys — became a member of the family soul supergroup in the 1970s alongside brother Ernie and cousin Chris Jasper. At one point there were five Isley brothers in [...]
Gary Coleman’s loved ones will get their chance to say goodbye this weekend. Agent Sheila Erickson said today that Coleman’s family is hoping to hold a memorial service for the late actor on either Friday, Saturday or Sunday in Salt Lake City, but has not yet decided whether it should remain private or be open to [...]
Tragedy has rocked Slipknot. The metal band known for its freaky masks and doom-and-gloom songs is mourning the death of bassist Paul Gray. The 38-year-old musician, who also went by the stage monikers “#2″ and “The Pig,” was found dead Monday in a hotel room in Urbandale, Iowa, a suburb of the Grammy-winning group’s native Des Moines. Police [...]
