It's sort of a mixed bag. It's good to see an alleged pedophile who was famous and squandered away all the respect he created within the community and become a sick joke and parody of himself die. It's bad to see an American icon die. What makes it especially sad is if no one took him aside during the late 1980s and 1990s and said "Seriously Micheal, you need help. The way you are living your life will only lead you to a place where you don't want to end up."
I note the word *alleged* in that statement. Last I heard, he was never found guilty of anything, aside from possibly being too trusting, and having the stupidity to put himself in a questionable situation with other people's children.
It's unfortunate what happened to him over the years. I don't know if he had bad advisors, if he *was* a pedophile, or what........was there nobody in his inner circle who could give him a shake and say "Michael, smarten up, you're throwing away your career with these antics"?
I was a child of the 80's....he was a major influence back then. It's sad to see him go.
...was there nobody in his inner circle who could give him a shake and say "Michael, smarten up, you're throwing away your career with these antics"?
Again, yes- Rabbi Shmuley Boteach whom he had known much of his life, and Brian Oxman, his (and his family's) attorney since 1989 both repeatedly expressed concerns about his life to him, to his family, and occasionally to the public.
The Man of 1000 voices, comedian Fred Travalena, has succumbed to Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma on Sunday, June 28, 2009, after a courageous seven-year battle with the disease.
Actor Harve Presnell, whose booming baritone graced such musicals as The Unsinkable Molly Brown and Annie, died Tuesday of pancreatic cancer. He was 75.
Presnell also appeared in movies, including Fargo and Paint Your Wagon, and was a regular on Andy Barker, P. I.
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Anna Karen Morrow, who played Mrs. Chernak on the Peyton Place TV series and also appeared on Broadway, films, and other television shows, died Wednesday. She was 94.
In an odd bit of news, on June 29th, twin brothers Alberto and Alejandro Jiménez (age 35), masked midget wrestlers who worked under the names La Parkita and Espectrito II were found dead. Apparently, they went to a hotel with two prostitutes who drugged them and stole their belongings. Unfortunately, because both men were dwarves, the dosage was too much and they were killed. The women have since been arrested.
EDIT: The women weren't actually prostitutes, but criminals who belonged to a group known as La Filtracion (The Leak), women who dress as prostitutes in order to rob people.
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