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Reality TV Star Critically Injured in Plane Crash

He shot to fame as Blink 182’s mega-tattooed drummer and continued to keep his name in the headlines when he allowed MTV to document his marriage to former Miss USA Shanna Moakler on “Meet the Barkers,” now Travis Barker is fighting for his life in a Georgia hospital. The musician along with popular disc jockey DJ AM (whose real name is Adam Goldstein) are in critical but stable condition after their private jet crashed upon take off from a South Carolina airport late last night. According to news reports, Barker and Goldstein were the only ones who survived the fiery … Continue reading →

Barenaked Ladies Singer Survives Crash

It has been a long, hard summer for the Barenaked Ladies. First, singer/songwriter Steven Page was arrested on July 11 for possession of a controlled substance. The police were checking out a suspiciously parked car near the home of Christine Benedicto, Page’s girlfriend, whom he was visiting that night. Through the window, the police saw Page and another resident of the apartment, Stephanie Ford. Page and Ford covered up the table when they saw the police, but it was too late. What the officers found on the kitchen table was cocaine. When the police searched Page’s car, more cocaine was … Continue reading →

Warning: Falling Airplane Parts

Our neighbors to the west got a real travel scare this week… and they weren’t even on vacation. The St. Clair family is counting their blessings after part of a commercial airliner fell out of the sky and into their backyard. Luckily no one was injured. Still, the incident has left Judy St. Clair, who found the two-foot-long piece of metal stuck in her grass, shaken up. “I was coming out with the laundry basket to hang my laundry, and I noticed a piece of metal in my yard, a large, large piece of metal in my yard,” St. Clair … Continue reading →

How To Survive A Plane Crash

In a previous blog I asked the question “Do airplanes have ‘safe seats?’” After all, if you were on-board a plane that was experiencing a major problem wouldn’t you want to be in a seat that offered the best chance of survival? As it turns out, aviation safety experts say that each crash has so many different variables that it would be “very difficult — if not impossible –to determine if any one seat offers a better chance of surviving a crash than another.” But take heart, studies show between 1983 and 2000, more than 95% of people involved in … Continue reading →

The Ultimate Tragedy?

Even if you don’t have kids of your own, you’ve got to feel for 16-year-old Austin Hatch. The standout high school basketball player from Indiana is not only fighting for his life right now, but he’s doing so without knowing that he is an orphan. The teen was critically injured in a plane crash last Friday, which killed his father and his stepmother. As tragic as that may be, there is much more to this horrific story. In 2003, Austin, his parents and his brother and sister were involved in another plane crash. During that accident, Austin and his dad … Continue reading →

Memorial Day Celebrations

If you are planning a trip to visit family this Memorial Day, why not attend a Memorial Day parade or other activity in the local area that you will be visiting. Local communities offer many unique ways to remember those who gave their lives for our country. You may be surprised by what you find when you look into what activities are planned for the place that you are visiting. For example, today I learned about a Memorial Day event that is scheduled for my local community which really took me by surprise. The event is being held in honor … Continue reading →

Dame Elizabeth Taylor Hospitalized

Last week, it was reported that movie star Elizabeth Taylor, 78, had been admitted to the hospital for treatment for a heart problem. Taylor’s rep, Jamie Cadwell, issued a statement that said the iconic beauty checked into Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles for “symptoms caused by congestive heart failure” and said today that Taylor will remain in the hospital “for the time being.” She was diagnosed with congestive heart failure, which is signified by an insufficient amount of blood being pumped by a weakened heart, almost seven years ago. If you know anything about two time Oscar winner Taylor … Continue reading →

In Memoriam – 2009 – Part 4

As Michele mentioned in my last blog, the list of dead celebrities seems to get longer and longer each year. Here are more we lost in 2009: July 19 – Frank McCourt (78) McCourt, a Pulitzer Prize winner, was best known for his memoir Angela’s Ashes. He died of melanoma. July 23 – E. Lynn Harris (54) The African American author who specialized in writing about gay men had ten consecutive books on the New York Times Best Seller list. He died in Los Angeles while on a business meeting. The cause of death was listed as heart disease. August … Continue reading →

DJ AM Dead at 36

I came home from a night out with friends and read the headline that DJ AM (Adam Goldstein) was found dead in his Manhattan apartment. Friends reported not hearing from him for two days and police broke the door down to find his lifeless body. Great, Ted Kennedy, Dominick Dunne, and now DJ AM – the death in threes theory continues! Yes, the same guy that seemed lucky to survive the fiery plane crash in South Carolina last September is dead at the age of 36. He was found both unresponsive and unconscious in his apartment on Friday afternoon. The … Continue reading →

Ted Kennedy Dead at 77

Wow, how do you even start a blog about someone like Ted Kennedy, who passed away yesterday at the age of 77 from brain cancer? He’ served nine terms as a senator for the state of Massachusetts. If you have no idea how long that is, Ted Kennedy got that position a year before I was born and I turned 46 this year. Known as the Lion of the Senate, he is in third place for longest serving senator (only behind Strom Thurmond and Robert Byrd). Since it would be virtually impossible to document Ted Kennedy’s life in a blog … Continue reading →