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Guru of Gang Starr died Monday night, a month after the cancer-stricken artist collapsed and went into a coma.
The 43-year-old rapper, whose real name is Keith Elam, had been suffering from cancer for over a year. The report quoted a statement from Guru’s camp that inferred the cause was complications from cancer: Continue Reading…
I just read that one of my mama’s favorite singers has passed away. Teddy Pendergrass, the gruff voiced soul legend known for such hits as Close The Door and Love TKO has passed away: Continue Reading…
Alaina Reed Hall best known from playing the character Rose from 227 passed away Friday (Dec 18, 2009) at age 63 after a longtime battle with breast cancer.? The TV sitcom “227”, which also starred Marla Gibbs, enjoyed a five year run during the late 80’s Continue Reading…
My sincere condolences go out to Tyler Perry and his family on the loss of his mother, Mrs. Willie Maxine Perry. Perry announced the sad news via his Web site Tuesday, December 8th where he thanked fans for they’re prayers and well wishes.
According to Access Atlanta, Perry sent out posts on his FaceBook and Twitter pages late Tuesday morning, directing fans and followers to his Web site saying, “I just sent out an email that I?d like to share with you. Please check it out.” The announcement turned out to be a prayer request for his ailing mother who had been sick since late August. The cause of death has not been disclosed.
Maxine Perry was a pre-school teacher who worked at the New Orleans Jewish Community Center most of her life. Perry, 40, is said to have gotten inspiration from his mother, as well as his aunt, for his popular “Madea” character.
“In Loving Memory. Willie Maxine Perry. February 12, 1945 to December 8, 2009″
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The Atlanta music scene is reeling over the senseless death of Ashley Jewell. Jewell, known affectionately as “AJ” was involved in a brawl with several men in the parking lot of the “Body Tap” strip club where he was co-owner. He was transported to Piedmont hospital where he subsequently died from severe head injuries.
AJ had received a ton of flack recently after appearing alongside his ex-fiance Kandi Burruss on the 2nd season of Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Atlanta. When it was revealed on the show that he had 6 kids from 4 other women, he was Continue Reading…
As police continue to look into the details surrounding Adam ?DJ AM? Goldstein?s death, it seems the late entertainer reverted back to his past drug using ways in the last hours of his life. Goldstein, 36, was found dead in his New York apartment at 5:20 p.m. on Friday August 28, 2009 after police responded to a response to a 911 call about a man who hadn’t been seen for two days.
According to police reports, Goldstein sent a text message to two friends at 1am on Friday, August 28th concerning his weekly gig at the Palms Hotel?s Rain nightclub in Las Vegas. (The Palms, in tribute to Goldstein, have since blacked out the ?P,? ?L? and ?S? on their sign so that it simply reads ?AM.?)
Adam?s two traveling companions called police when he failed to answer his cell phone and neglected to arrive at the airport to catch his departing flight. When the NYPD broke down the door, police found Goldstein dead in bed, with a crack pipe and prescription pills nearby. According to People, a half bag of crack cocaine was also recovered from Goldstein?s apartment. There were no signs of foul play, and an initial autopsy yielded inconclusive results.
Addiction specialist Dr. Drew Pinsky said Saturday that pain medications likely led DJ AM, a former drug addict who had sustained sobriety for 10 years, away from his sober path. “It very slowly and subtly reawakens addiction,” Pinsky said of pain medication in an interview Saturday. “I’m not saying it was inappropriately prescribed, I’m saying he didn’t know the risks.”
Pinsky, host of VH1’s Celebrity Rehab, said he believed pain medication Goldstein took for injuries sustained in last year’s plane crash which required him to go through two skin graft surgeries, reawakened his addiction to drugs. Goldstein had long preached sobriety and openly discussed his earlier addictions to drugs including crack cocaine and Ecstasy.
A medical examiner’s office spokeswoman said Saturday that toxicology tests, expected to take weeks, are needed to determine what killed Goldstein. An autopsy Saturday was inconclusive, said the spokeswoman, Ellen Borakove.
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