Bea Arthur died in April, but even after her death she is doing good.  The Golden Girl’s estate just granted $300,000 to the Ali Forney Center in New York City.  The Center runs “emergency and transitional housing as well as health and family programs for at risk LGBT teens and young adults.”

Bea’s gift will be used to purchase a building that will house 12 additional youth.  It will be named in her honor.

What a generous contribution!

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The late Farrah Fawcett is honored by Playboy this month with a six-page spread dedicated to her “long relationship” with the magazine.

Her first Playboy cover was in December 1978.  The mag’s photography director Gary Cole describes her as “demanding” and a “force of nature” even back then.

I was six years old in 1978.  Of course I had never seen an adult magazine back then, but I do remember Farrah being THE sex symbol of the day for a lot of my childhood.  She was gorgeous, and is missed.

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The North Carolina town in which the dance movie Dirty Dancing was filmed will hold a memorial to honor Patrick Swayze this Saturday (September 19). Swayze, who died of pancreatic cancer on Monday (September 14), played Johnny Castle the bad boy dance instructor in the 1987 drama, co-starring Jennifer Grey. He was also nominated for a Golden Globe for that role.

On Saturday, the town of Lake Lure will remember the his life with a memorial service at 7 p.m. at Firefly Cove — the housing development that served as Camp Chimney in Dirty Dancing.

There is no fee to come to the memorial service, but donations are welcome. All donations will be given to the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network.

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Though the autopsy following  DJ AM’s death has been inconclusive, one thing can be said, it was not a suicide.

Our sources say DJ AM, a recovering addict, developed a dependency to Xanax and other benzodiazepines (a group of drugs used to treat anxiety) as a direct result of the plane crash a year ago. We’re told AM (aka Adam Goldstein) developed a tremendous anxiety over flying — something he had to do frequently for his job.

It is being said that these prescription drugs used to calm his fears over flying triggered a relapse into the street drug, crack.

Dr. Drew Pinsky, from VH1’s Celebrity Rehab and Loveline, commented that use of these specific types of anti-anxiety medications can trigger relapses in addicts like DJ AM.

“It very slowly and subtly reawakens addiction,” “I’m not saying it was inappropriately prescribed, I’m saying he didn’t know the risks.”

Sources are saying that his relapse in to drug use was very recent and not tied to his recent breakup.

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This is a terrible story. According to reports, Adam Goldstein aka DJ AM was found dead today in his New York City apartment.

A friend came to his place in New York to check on Adam after not hearing from him for a few days. When the friend didn’t get a response, the friend called the police. The fire department finally broke in and found Adam’s body.

There are rumors that prescription drugs were found in his apartment, but no cause of death has been announced.

A rep for Adam made this statement

“Adam “DJ AM” Goldstein was found deceased this afternoon in his New York City apartment. The circumstances surrounding his death are unclear. Out of respect for his family and loved ones, please respect their privacy at this time.”

DJ AM survived a plane crash, along with Blink 182 drummer, Travis Barker in September 2008.

What a tragedy.

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After having escaped to Canada, accused killer, Ryan Jenkins has been found dead in his hotel room in Hope, British Columbia, Canada.

Sgt. Duncan Pound, a spokesman for the Royal Canada Mounted Police’s federal border integrity program said that Jenkins “took his own life.” Jenkins reportedly been found hanging in his hotel room.

“The hotel staff had gone in to check on him… it would be speculation to say how long he had been in there,”

Ryan Jenkins was wanted for the murder of his ex-wife, swimsuit model, Jasmine Fiore. (Details here) Her body had been found stuffed in a suitcase in Buena Park, California earlier this week.

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Molly Ringwald offers a heartfelt tribute to director John Hughes in an op-ed in today’s New York Times.

As any Gen-Xer knows, Hughes (who died on August 6th of a heart attack), made Ringwald famous as Samantha Baker in Sixteen Candles.  She also starred in his subsequent movies, The Breakfast Club and Pretty In Pink.    Ringwald describes  how much she “loved working with him.”

John saw something in me that I didn’t even see in myself. He had complete confidence in me as an actor, which was an extraordinary and heady sensation for anyone, let alone a 16-year-old girl. I did some of my best work with him. How could I not? He continually told me that I was the best, and because of my undying respect for him and his judgment, how could I have not believed him?

It’s surprising to learn that they had not spoken in over 20 years.  She attributes that to him holding a grudge (”his grudges were almost supernatural things, enduring for years, even decades”) against her for turning down movie roles he offered.   Luckily, they were able to smooth things over via letter about 15 years ago.

I’m going to stop there, because there’s no way to do this piece any justice by summarizing it.  It’s better if you read the whole thing, here.  I got a little teary when I did.  Molly Ringwald and her Hughes characters were idols for me when I was a teenager.  They spoke to me - and I’m sure thousands of other teenage girls in the 1980s - in a way that other movies, other characters did not.  This article makes me extra grateful for the chemistry and genius they brought to their films.   Many thanks to them both for the memories.

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I will admit, I’m still not over Billy Mays‘ death.  I mean, it was getting to the point where if I saw an infomercial that he wasn’t hosting, I wondered why.   He sold everything, right?  (Oh Billy, if you’d only eaten one fewer Big City Slider you might still be with us today!!)

If you miss the sonorous tones of his loud-ass voice as much as I do, you’ll enjoy this video of Billy Mays bloopers.  Have fun!

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This week just keeps getting weirder, with all these celebrity deaths there is one more to report. Fox News is reporting that Billy Mays, from infomercial fame, has died at the age of 50. He was found unresponsive at his house this morning and was later pronounced dead. It’s thought that the cause of death is from the trouble he had in an airplane yesterday when he bumped his head. But they say he was acting fine and normal last night before he went to bed.

What is even freakier about this story is that just 21 hours ago Billy tweeted that he was okay and he had some trouble on an airplane.

Just had a close call landing in Tampa. The tires blew out upon landing. Stuck in the plane on the runway. You can always count on US Air.

And now this morning we find out he has died. His son, Billy Mays III, has confirmed his death on Twitter too.

My dad didn’t wake up this morning.. I’m sure you’ll all hear about it. It hasn’t yet hit me but it’s about to.

I am really just hoping it’s a joke but it seems to have been confirmed by many sources, even TMZ. It’s just all too weird for me for all these people dying like this.

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The biggest entertainer of all time, Michael Jackson, has died on Thursday at his home after suffering a heart attack. The whole world is devastated with the news and mourning the loss of the King Of Pop, President Barack Obama is no different. Obama offered his condolences to the fans and family and refers to Michael as a spectacular performer and a music icon.

“Michael Jackson was a spectacular performer, a music icon,” White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs conveyed the President’s reaction during a news conference Friday. “Everyone remembers hearing his songs, watching him moonwalk on television during Motown’s 25th anniversary. But the President also said that [there were] aspects of his life that were sad and tragic. His condolences went out to the Jackson family and fans who [are mourning] his loss.”

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More than 400 people, including various actors like Keith Carradine, ALi Larter, Jane Seymour, Rob Schneider, Michael Madsen and Lucy Liu, attended David Carradine’s funeral and paid their tribute to the 72 year-old actor on Saturday (June 13) in Los Angeles.

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A Thai newspaper, Thairath or Thai Rath, has published a photo of the actor David Carradine’s body found hanging in his hotel room in Bangkok, Thailand.

The shocking published photo shows Carradine with his hands tied in front of him, hanging from the support bar in a closet.

Discoloration of the skin on the lower extremities indicates he had been dead for hours before being found, according to people familiar with the situation.

The Carradine family is completely outraged by the release of this photo and threatened to sue for invasion of privacy and emotional distress if David Carradine death photos are published in the United States. The actor’s exact cause of death hasn’t been confirmed yet.

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The death of David Carradine is still a shock to us all. There have been so many conflicting reports that were out but now there is some concrete facts about the death that I can finally report.

The body of David is being brought back from Bangkok this weekend. When it gets back to the States there will be an autopsy performed. Foul play may be suspected but it doesn’t look like it will be the case.

David was found with a rope tied around his neck and genitals the AP reports. But it looks like it was an accidental suffocation, with a sex game gone wrong. And really, if I were him I think that would be the best way to go! David’s rep is also saying that their in no chance that he would commit suicide.

TMZ just also released information from the Bangkok hospital saying that their official cause of death was suffocation and that there were no other bruises or marks on his body.

As soon as we know more will post the details. Everyone here is with me on saying that our thoughts go out the Carradine family at this time.

Also, Fox is still planning to go ahead of airing Mental on Tuesday night, David Carradine is a guest star in that episode. He plays a professor who gets hit by lightning.

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David Carradine was found dead in his hotel room in Bangkok earlier this morning. There are conflicts in the reports in how he died. Some news outlets are reporting that he hung himself in his hotel room and other more reliable sources are saying that he died of natural causes. His death has been confirmed by his rep.

David was 73-years old and is a well known actor. I know that I personally grew up watching him Kung Fu and then in Kill Bill.  He was an amazing man and will be sadly missed.

We will keep you updated to this story.

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Dom  DeLuise died yesterday in a Los Angeles hospital at the age of 75.  DeLuise had an amazing movie career with his most noted movies being The Cannonball Run and Spaceballs. I loved him as the voice of Itchy in All Dogs Go To Heaven. He was perfect for that movie.

Burt Reynolds made a statement about his friend’s death saying…

“Dom always made everyone feel better when he was around. I never heard him say an unkind word about anyone. I will miss him very much.”

What a great friend Burt was to him. Dom will be missed very much.

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