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R.I.P. THE LOVELY LENA HORNE DIES AT AGE 92!

Lena Horne epitomized hot and she epitomized cool.



As an actress, she might be the most elegant vision that much of America never saw. For many years Hollywood didn't think the country was ready for a black leading lady, even one whose elegance and beauty could take an audience's breath away.



As a singer, she was in her mid-60s before her one-woman tour de force on Broadway in 1981-82 showed everyone in the city and the world just… Continue

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DIXIE CARTER FROM DESIGNING WOMEN DIES AT AGE 70!

Dixie Carter -- best known for her role on the television show "Designing Women" -- passed away at the age of 70.

Her husband, Hal Holbrook, told "Entertainment Tonight, "This has been a terrible blow to our family ... We would appreciate everyone understanding that this is a private family tragedy. Thank you."



Carter recently earned an Emmy nomination in 2007 for her guest stint on "Desperate Housewives."



She is survived by… Continue

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KNOWN FOR MAKING IT RAIN WITH BULLETS VIVIAN BLAKE LEADER OF THE SHOWER POSSE DIES @ AGE 53!

Vivian Blake, the blood-thirsty boss of a coke-smuggling gang that killed some 1,400 people in the U.S - many in the Bronx - died Sunday in his native Jamaica following a heart attack.



He was 53.



Federal prosecutors alleged that Blake's Shower Posse - they showered targets with bullets - ran the streets red with blood during the coke wars of the 1980s while smuggling more than 1,000 tons of the drug into the U.S.



At the… Continue

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LOST BOYS ACTOR COREY HAIM DIES OF A DRUG OVERDOSE @ AGE 38!

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



Haim, who has battled an addiction to prescription drugs for years, collapsed in the bedroom of his mother's Oakwood apartment just before 1 a.m., police sources told TMZ.com.



Los Angeles County Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter told RadarOnline.com that when emergency personnel arrived, the 38-year-old actor was… Continue

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CAPT. PHIL HARRIS FROM THE DEADLIEST CATCH DIES @ AGE 53!

Captain Phil Harris, the cantankerous, chain-smoking crabbing boat boss who became a household name on Discovery's hit series "The Deadliest Catch," died Tuesday.



He was 53.



Harris had suffered a stroke Jan. 30 while in port off-loading his ship the F/V Cornelia Marie in Alaska. He had been hospitalized ever since.



"He was more than someone on our television screen," Discovery officials said in a statement. "Phil was a devoted father and loyal… Continue

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R.I.P. TEDDY PENDERGRASS DIES @ AGE 59!

Teddy Pendergrass, the R&B star died yesterday at the age of 59. Teddy passed away in a Philadelphia hospital, his son Teddy Pendergrass II told the Associated Press.

He had surgery for colon cancer last year and was never able to fully recovery.



In the 1970s, Teddy became a sex symbol whose velvet voice drove songs such as “Close the Door” in 1978 and “Love T.K.O.” in 1980. Both singles reached No. 1 on the U.S. R&B… Continue

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DAMN! A 9 YEAR OLD DIES AFTER GETTING STABBED IN THE CHEST IN A HARLEM HOUSING PROJECT!

A 9-year-old New Jersey boy was stabbed to death in a Harlem housing project early Saturday while visiting relatives, police and family said.

About 3:30 a.m., the child knocked on the door of his uncle's room in the Grant Houses and collapsed with a chest wound.



"Uncle, uncle, I've been stabbed," he said.



Paramedics rushed the boy to St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital but he couldn't be saved. His grief-stricken mother identified… Continue

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FOLK ROCKER VIC CHESNUTT DIES @ AGE 45!

Folk rocker Vic Chesnutt died Friday at the age of 45 after falling in a coma.

Constellation Records posted a note on its Web site stating that Chesnutt died in Athens, Georgia, at 2:59 p.m.



There was a flurry of unconfirmed reports that the 45-year-old Chesnutt's condition was the result of a suicide attempt.



Chesnutt had a long history of struggling with depression, alcoholism and drug abuse, according to… Continue

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DAMN! A 3 YEAR OLD LITTLE GIRL ACCIDENTLY DIES AFTER SHE FALLS OFF THE ROOF!

A 3-year-old Brooklyn girl died just before Christmas when she ventured up to the roof of her building Wednesday and tumbled four stories to her death.



Kyrah Martin's broken body was found facedown in the snow at 1:15 a.m. as the rooftop alarm in the Crown Heights building blared.



"There's one set of footprints in the snow on the roof," Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said. "The baby tragically fell off the roof."



Kyrah's mom, 35-year-old Nefertiti… Continue

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ALAINA REED HALL FROM SESAME STREET & 227 DIES @ AGE 63!

LOS ANGELES – Alaina Reed-Amini, the Broadway star and TV actress best known for her long-running roles on "Sesame Street" and "227," has died. She was 63.

Publicist Billy Laurence says Reed-Amini died Thursday at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica after a two-year battle with breast cancer.



Previously known as Alaina Reed-Hall, she recently remarried. Her stage credits include "Chicago" and "Hair." She appeared in several… Continue

Added by WORLD WRAP FEDERATION on December 21, 2009 at 8:01pm — No Comments

DAMN! CHRIS HENRY DIES AFTER FALLING OUT OF THE BACK OF A PICK UP TRUCK!

Talented but troubled Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chris Henry died Thursday from injuries suffered when he was thrown from the back of a moving pickup truck during a fight with his fiancee.



Henry, 26, was injured a day earlier in Charlotte, N.C.



He was pronounced dead at 6:36 a.m. at a North Carolina hospital, police said.



After Henry and fiancee Loleini Tonga began… Continue

Added by WORLD WRAP FEDERATION on December 17, 2009 at 12:00pm — No Comments

TYLER PERRY'S MOTHER DIES @ AGE 64!

ATLANTA -- Movie producer Tyler Perry says his mother, Willie Maxine Perry, has died. His mother was 64.

Tyler Perry announced the news of the Tuesday death on his Web site, where he thanked fans for their prayers.



He did not say where his mother died or anything about the cause.Perry's publicist did not immediately respond to a phone call.



The Atlanta Journal-Constitution quoted a 2006 interview with Perry in which he said… Continue

Added by WORLD WRAP FEDERATION on December 9, 2009 at 1:38pm — No Comments

FORMER WWE WRESTLER EDWARD "UMAGA" FATU DIES OF A HEART ATTACK @ AGE 36!

The wrestling community is reeling today after news that ex-WWE superstar Edward “Umaga” Fatu has died.

Formerly known to World Wrestling Entertainment fans as Umaga, Fatu died Friday after suffering a heart attack, CNN reports. The 36-year-old's wife reportedly found him unconscious with blood coming out of his nose. He was rushed to a hospital in Houston, TX, but was pronounced dead at around 6:00 pm EST.



In 2007, The News reported… Continue

Added by WORLD WRAP FEDERATION on December 6, 2009 at 4:52pm — No Comments

MISS ARGENTINA DIES AFTER BUTT IMPLANT SURGERY GOES WRONG!

A former Miss Argentina died Sunday after elective surgery on her butt went terribly wrong.

According to several international reports, 37-year-old Solange Magnano suffered a pulmonary embolism after going under the knife Wednesday at a Buenos Aires medical center for a gluteoplasty – a procedure which normally involves placing implants in the buttocks to improve their outline.



Solange -- a wife and mother of 7-year-old twins --… Continue

Added by WORLD WRAP FEDERATION on December 1, 2009 at 11:59am — No Comments

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