In Remembrance--2011

[Truth Seeker]

DJ AM's sister, Lara Long, dies at 40 following a four-month battle with colon cancer

Nearly two years after Adam (DJ AM) Goldstein died of a drug overdose, his older sister, Lara Long, has passed away too. She was 40.

Long succumbed to colon cancer on May after a four-month battle with the rare disease.

In Remembrance

 

[GrayLinnorm]

Murray Handwerker, who turned his father's hot dog stand into the Nathan's Famous franchise, died last Saturday. He was 89.

 

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Wrestling superstar and Slim Jim spokesman Randy "Macho Man" Savage was killed in a car accident today. He was 58.

 

[Villano]

"Macho Man" Randy Savage suffered a heart attack behind the wheel and collided with a tree. He was rushed to a hospital and died from his injuries. He was 58.

EDIT: Oops. Posted at the same time.

 

[Truth Seeker]

Bruce Ricker, Who Made Jazz Documentaries, Is Dead at 68

Bruce Ricker, a lawyer turned filmmaker who made jazz resoundingly visible in a series of highly regarded documentaries, died on Friday in Cambridge, Mass. He was 68.

In Remembrance

 

[Truth Seeker]

Barbara Stuart, TV Actress, Is Dead at 81

Barbara Stuart, an actress with a familiar if not famous face on television for half a century, who appeared on nearly 80 television series that spanned much of the medium’s history, died last Sunday in St. George, Utah. She was 81.

In Remembrance

 

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Bill Hunter, a prolific actor in Australian film and television, died today of cancer. He was 71.

In most of his films, Hunter played an archtypical working class Australian. He was in Muriel's Wedding and The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.

 

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Garret FitzGerald, former prime minister of Ireland and founder of the New Ireland Forum, died last Thursday. He was 85.

 

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Songwriter Joe Brooks, who wrote and won an Oscar for "You Light Up My Life", apparently killed himself today. He was 73. At the time, Brooks was facing charges of rape and sexual molestation.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Spanish cyclist Xavier Tondo was killed after he was crushed between his car and a garage door in southern Spain:

Funeral for Xavier Tondo, Spanish Cyclist, to be Held on Wednesday - Fox News Latino